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Kansas teacher salary schedules
Every Kansas district in the NCES directory, with enrollment, and the salary schedules indexed for it. Districts marked "not yet indexed" publish their schedules on their own sites; this index only lists grids it has parsed from a source document.
- NCES lists 286 regular public school districts in Kansas (2023-24 directory); 6 have a step-and-lane schedule indexed here.
- The largest is Wichita with 46,516 students.
Rankings from the parsed grids
Highest starting bachelor's salary
| District | Starting | Column | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Shawnee Mission Unified School District No. 512 | $53,143 | B | 26,464 |
| 2. Wichita Public Schools | $52,401 | BA Degree | 46,516 |
| 3. Blue Valley Schools | $52,375 | BA | 22,393 |
| 4. Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500) | $51,000 | BA | 21,132 |
| 5. Topeka Public Schools, USD 501 | $50,500 | BS | 12,601 |
| 6. Olathe Public Schools | $50,100 | BS | 28,590 |
Highest top-of-schedule cell
| District | Top cell | Column | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Valley Schools | $109,799 | DOC | 22,393 |
| 2. Shawnee Mission Unified School District No. 512 | $103,570 | D | 26,464 |
| 3. Olathe Public Schools | $97,739 | Doctorate | 28,590 |
| 4. Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500) | $92,048 | PHD | 21,132 |
| 5. Wichita Public Schools | $82,297 | Earned Doctorate | 46,516 |
| 6. Topeka Public Schools, USD 501 | $74,600 | DOC / LSCSW | 12,601 |
Fewest steps to the top cell
| District | Steps to top | Column | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Wichita Public Schools | 14 | Earned Doctorate | 46,516 |
| 2. Topeka Public Schools, USD 501 | 26 | DOC / LSCSW | 12,601 |
| 3. Shawnee Mission Unified School District No. 512 | 30 | D | 26,464 |
| 4. Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500) | 32 | PHD | 21,132 |
| 5. Blue Valley Schools | 35 | DOC | 22,393 |
| 6. Olathe Public Schools | 38 | Doctorate | 28,590 |
All 286 Kansas districts (NCES 2023-24)
| District | Enrollment | Indexed schedule | Lowest cell |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Wichita | 46,516 | Teacher salary schedule (2026-27) 2026-27 | $52,401 |
| Olathe Olathe | 28,590 | Professional pay salary schedule (2025-26) 2025-26 | $50,100 |
| Shawnee Mission Pub Sch Shawnee Mission | 26,464 | Professional employee salary schedule (2026-27) 2026-27 | $53,143 |
| Blue Valley Overland Park | 22,393 | Professional employee salary schedule (2026-27) 2026-27 | $52,375 |
| Kansas City Kansas City | 21,132 | Teacher salary schedule (2025-26) 2025-26 | $51,000 |
| Topeka Public Schools Topeka | 12,601 | Professional employee salary schedule (2025-26) 2025-26 | $50,500 |
| Lawrence Lawrence | 10,594 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Andover Andover | 9,376 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Maize Maize | 8,160 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| De Soto De Soto | 7,364 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Geary County Schools Junction City | 7,331 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Derby Derby | 7,284 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Garden City Garden City | 7,235 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Dodge City Dodge City | 7,181 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Manhattan-Ogden Manhattan | 7,163 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Salina Salina | 6,791 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Goddard Goddard | 6,253 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Auburn-Washburn Topeka | 6,008 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Gardner Edgerton Gardner | 5,895 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Spring Hill Spring Hill | 5,633 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Haysville Haysville | 5,528 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Liberal Liberal | 4,676 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Emporia Emporia | 4,399 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hutchinson Public Schools Hutchinson | 4,277 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Turner-Kansas City Kansas City | 3,901 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Seaman Topeka | 3,807 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Shawnee Heights Tecumseh | 3,659 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hays Hays | 3,522 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Leavenworth Leavenworth | 3,457 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pittsburg Pittsburg | 3,395 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Valley Center Pub Sch Valley Center | 3,179 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Basehor-Linwood Basehor | 3,097 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Newton Newton | 3,069 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Great Bend Great Bend | 2,951 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Arkansas City Arkansas City | 2,917 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Piper-Kansas City Kansas City | 2,774 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Buhler Buhler | 2,572 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Bonner Springs Bonner Springs | 2,560 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lansing Lansing | 2,511 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| McPherson McPherson | 2,263 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ottawa Ottawa | 2,241 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Winfield Winfield | 2,106 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Circle Towanda | 2,087 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Tonganoxie Tonganoxie | 2,010 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Renwick Andale | 1,980 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Augusta Augusta | 1,963 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| El Dorado El Dorado | 1,838 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Independence Independence | 1,828 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Mulvane Mulvane | 1,819 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Paola Paola | 1,810 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chanute Public Schools Chanute | 1,798 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Coffeyville Coffeyville | 1,784 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Fort Scott Fort Scott | 1,764 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Louisburg Louisburg | 1,760 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Jefferson West Meriden | 1,715 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rose Hill Public Schools Rose Hill | 1,703 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Eudora Eudora | 1,696 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wamego Wamego | 1,659 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth | 1,648 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Elkhart Elkhart | 1,618 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ulysses Ulysses | 1,532 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Labette County Altamont | 1,518 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wellington Wellington | 1,500 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Atchison Public Schools Atchison | 1,476 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Abilene Abilene | 1,469 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Baldwin City Baldwin City | 1,442 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rock Creek St. George | 1,337 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Clay County Clay Center | 1,334 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Parsons Parsons | 1,334 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pratt Pratt | 1,281 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Iola Iola | 1,180 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Smoky Valley Lindsborg | 1,180 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Holton Holton | 1,170 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Concordia Concordia | 1,138 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chapman Chapman | 1,132 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Kaw Valley St. Marys | 1,119 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Clearwater Clearwater | 1,092 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Santa Fe Trail Scranton | 1,074 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Central Plains Claflin | 1,071 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Osawatomie Osawatomie | 1,047 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Nickerson Hutchinson | 1,038 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hugoton Public Schools Hugoton | 1,001 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Humboldt Humboldt | 1,000 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Columbus Columbus | 990 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Girard Girard | 989 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Holcomb Holcomb | 984 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Frontenac Public Schools Frontenac | 982 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Scott County Scott City | 962 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Garnett Garnett | 951 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Colby Public Schools Colby | 944 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Prairie Hills Sabetha | 925 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Kingman - Norwich Kingman | 921 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Prairie View LaCygne | 917 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Goodland Goodland | 913 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hiawatha Hiawatha | 881 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Beloit Beloit | 879 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Baxter Springs Baxter Springs | 867 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ft Larned Larned | 864 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Royal Valley Mayetta | 852 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chaparral Schools Anthony | 835 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hesston Hesston | 831 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wellsville Wellsville | 826 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Burlington Burlington | 819 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Halstead Halstead | 811 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cheney Cheney | 810 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Haven Public Schools Haven | 798 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Russell County Russell | 790 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Perry Public Schools Perry | 789 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Marysville Marysville | 785 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Caney Valley Caney | 783 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Nemaha Central Seneca | 782 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Galena Galena | 781 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Neodesha Neodesha | 774 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Morris County Council Grove | 772 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hoisington Hoisington | 732 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Riley County Riley | 712 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Osage City Osage City | 704 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lyons Lyons | 701 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Silver Lake Silver Lake | 701 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Norton Community Schools Norton | 699 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Riverton Riverton | 696 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cherryvale Cherryvale | 692 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Southeast Of Saline Gypsum | 683 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Easton Easton | 674 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Riverside Elwood | 654 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Vermillion Vermillion | 647 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ellsworth Ellsworth | 646 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lakin Lakin | 633 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Hillsboro | 629 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Douglass Public Schools Douglass | 624 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Fredonia Fredonia | 621 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| North Ottawa County Minneapolis | 621 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Twin Valley Bennington | 613 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| West Franklin Pomona | 611 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cimarron-Ensign Cimarron | 610 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| West Elk Howard | 607 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Jayhawk Mound City | 594 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Kismet-Plains Kismet | 575 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Southern Lyon County Hartford | 572 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Central Heights Richmond | 566 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Phillipsburg Phillipsburg | 565 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Eureka Eureka | 560 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Centre Lost Springs | 555 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Belle Plaine Belle Plaine | 550 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Oskaloosa Public Schools Oskaloosa | 537 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Marion-Florence Marion | 531 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Republic County Belleville | 529 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| South Brown County Horton | 528 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Syracuse Syracuse | 526 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Bluestem Leon | 523 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Barnes Barnes | 520 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Moundridge Moundridge | 518 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Atchison Co Comm Schools Effingham | 514 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| North Jackson Holton | 511 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Remington-Whitewater Whitewater | 511 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Sterling Sterling | 511 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Sedgwick Public Schools Sedgwick | 505 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Oswego Oswego | 495 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lebo-Waverly Waverly | 488 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Barber County North Medicine Lodge | 478 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ellinwood Public Schools Ellinwood | 475 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Jefferson County North Winchester | 465 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Oxford Oxford | 464 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Erie-Galesburg Erie | 462 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Northeast Arma | 462 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Uniontown Uniontown | 462 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cherokee Cherokee | 461 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Smith Center Smith Center | 455 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Inman Inman | 451 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Mission Valley Eskridge | 447 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Woodson Yates Center | 443 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| McLouth McLouth | 442 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hoxie Community Schools Hoxie | 432 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Oakley Oakley | 432 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lyndon Lyndon | 430 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Plainville Plainville | 430 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Stanton County Johnson | 425 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wabaunsee Alma | 425 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ell-Saline Brookville | 423 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Herington Herington | 414 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Oberlin Oberlin | 410 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Valley Heights Blue Rapids | 406 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chetopa-St. Paul Chetopa | 402 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Trego County WaKeeney | 401 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Leoti Leoti | 393 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Valley Falls Valley Falls | 391 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chase County Cottonwood Falls | 390 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Doniphan West Schools Highland | 390 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Graham County Hill City | 390 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Sublette Sublette | 383 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rock Hills Mankato | 381 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chautauqua Co Community Sedan | 380 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Conway Springs Conway Springs | 378 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Solomon Solomon | 376 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rawlins County Atwood | 375 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Meade Meade | 368 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Canton-Galva Canton | 366 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Spearville Spearville | 364 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Osborne County Osborne | 362 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Washington Co. Schools Washington | 362 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| St John-Hudson St. John | 355 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pleasanton Pleasanton | 349 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ellis Ellis | 346 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton Onaga | 342 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lincoln Lincoln | 338 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Skyline Schools Pratt | 335 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| North Lyon County Americus | 330 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Troy Public Schools Troy | 327 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Waconda Cawker City | 327 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Comanche County Coldwater | 322 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Quinter Public Schools Quinter | 321 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Clifton-Clyde Clyde | 314 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Kinsley-Offerle Kinsley | 305 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Udall Udall | 304 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Central Burden | 302 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| St Francis Comm Sch St Francis | 302 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pretty Prairie Pretty Prairie | 301 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Stockton Stockton | 301 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Sylvan Grove Sylvan Grove | 294 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Goessel Goessel | 290 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Dexter Dexter | 287 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Burlingame Public School Burlingame | 285 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rural Vista White City | 285 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Little River Little River | 283 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| LaCrosse La Crosse | 281 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Kiowa County Greensburg | 280 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ness City Ness City | 280 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Victoria Victoria | 276 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Fairfield Langdon | 273 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hodgeman County Jetmore | 273 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Flinthills Rosalia | 270 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Marmaton Valley Moran | 270 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Blue Valley Randolph | 267 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Crest Colony | 261 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Deerfield Deerfield | 248 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Minneola Minneola | 245 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Dighton Dighton | 244 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Satanta Satanta | 244 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Stafford Stafford | 242 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Caldwell Caldwell | 241 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Greeley County Schools Tribune | 241 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cunningham Cunningham | 230 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Madison-Virgil Madison | 230 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pike Valley Scandia | 228 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Bucklin Bucklin | 221 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ingalls Ingalls | 220 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Peabody-Burns Peabody | 219 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| South Barber Kiowa | 217 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| South Haven South Haven | 217 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Ashland Ashland | 213 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Otis-Bison Otis | 203 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley Melvern | 199 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Macksville Macksville | 184 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Thunder Ridge Schools Kensington | 179 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wallace County Schools Sharon Springs | 172 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| LeRoy-Gridley LeRoy | 170 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Attica Attica | 161 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cheylin Bird City | 161 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Golden Plains Rexford | 159 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Northern Valley Almena | 159 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Altoona-Midway Buffalo | 148 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Montezuma Montezuma | 147 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Moscow Public Schools Moscow | 142 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Burrton Burrton | 140 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Argonia Public Schools Argonia | 137 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Cedar Vale Cedar Vale | 137 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Chase-Raymond Chase | 129 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Logan Logan | 129 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Pawnee Heights Rozel | 129 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Southern Cloud Miltonvale | 127 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Western Plains Ransom | 127 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Weskan Weskan | 125 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Elk Valley Longton | 124 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Brewster Brewster | 110 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Wheatland Grainfield | 99 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Paradise Natoma | 97 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Rolla Rolla | 92 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Hamilton Hamilton | 89 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Palco Damar | 85 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Copeland Copeland | 84 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Haviland Haviland | 78 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Lewis Lewis | 78 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Fowler Fowler | 74 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Triplains Winona | 73 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Grinnell Public Schools Grinnell | 59 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
| Healy Public Schools Healy | 19 | schedule not yet indexed | – |
Enrollment is the NCES Common Core of Data 2023-24 membership total for each LEA. District websites are not linked because this index does not verify them; every schedule page links its own source document.