Santee School District teacher salaries

Santee School District is an elementary school district in San Diego County, with its district office in Santee. Pay starts at $62,055 on the first step. The largest group (57%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $125,980 by step 28.

What is the average teacher salary at Santee?

Lowest

$62,055

BA+30, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$96,864

  • $5,782 below San Diego County average
  • $6,688 below California average

Highest

$125,980

BA+75 OR MA+30, step 28

Santee average

AveragesSan Diego County $102,646, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
347
Starting salary
$62,055
BA+30, step 1
Median salary
$97,581
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
353rd of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Santee's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 40% of Santee's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBA+30BA+45 OR MABA+60 OR MA+15BA+75 OR MA+30
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Only BA+60 OR MA+15, BA+75 OR MA+30 continue past step 26.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 20
Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Santee

Two things place a teacher on Santee's grid: years of service (the step) and college units since the bachelor's degree (the column). How we read the schedules.

Step
One per year of service; step 5 on Santee's BA+30 column pays $66,603. Experienced teachers joining Santee can be placed as high as step 28.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Santee's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75 OR MA+30, 4 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Santee?

On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 11, with $100,679. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$97,581

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $125,980 on step 28.

$125,980$62,055
Step 1Step 30
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Does Santee pay teachers more than the median California district?

Line up all 828 reporting California districts from the lowest average salary to the highest. The one in the middle is the median district: half the districts pay a lower average, half pay a higher one. A median isn't pulled up or down by a few unusually high- or low-paying districts, so it shows what a typical district pays.

Yes

Santee's average of $96,864 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Santee ranks 353rd of 828.

Santee
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 37 reporting districts in San Diego County

Santee ranks 26th of 37, below the middle district.

Santee
$80k$100k$120k

Middle district: $100,279

Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Santee

Bonuses are paid on top of the schedule, in the amounts the district reported.2 Teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.3 Extra pay for coaching, clubs and similar duties isn't part of this report.

Questions about teacher pay at Santee

How much do Santee teachers make?

The average salary on Santee's teacher schedule is $96,864 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $62,055 (BA+30, step 1) to $125,980 (BA+75 OR MA+30, step 28).

What does a new teacher earn at Santee?

The schedule starts at $62,055 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 28.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Santee pay scale?

On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, where 57% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $125,980. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Santee teacher pay high for California?

Santee's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 353rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 26th of 37 in San Diego County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $102,646 in San Diego County.

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Sources for the Santee figures

Salaries are the annual amounts on the district's certificated salary schedule. Following the state's definitions, they leave out extended-year pay, bonuses and extra-curricular pay such as coaching. Counts are full-time equivalents, so two half-time teachers count as one, and they can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. County averages, ranks and percentages are our own arithmetic on these figures; our statewide average matches the state's published $103,552.

  1. California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: average salary paid, raise on last year, highest starting step. The median salary is our own calculation from source 2.
  2. Santee's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedule, full-time equivalents per cell, bonuses, health contributions, work days.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

How we read the data