Española Teachers 95th Lowest-Paid in State

From the Rio Grande Sun - By Michael Maresh - The average teacher’s salary in the Española School District this fiscal year is among the lowest in the state, prompting at least two Española School Board members to say they want to find ways to compensate District teachers more fairly. The District’s average teacher salary of $45,385 places it 95th statewide, according to data from the state Education Department. The Department rankings included charter schools as independent entities, so the District’s ranking of 95th is out of 125 entities, not just the state’s 89 school districts. Of the 13 school districts in the state with student enrollments between 2,501 to 5,000, the average Española teacher’s salary was the 12th lowest, .the data shows. Read more

Española Teachers 95th Lowest-Paid in State