Mount Pleasant Elementary School District teacher salaries
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District (MPESD) is an elementary school district in Santa Clara County, with its district office in San Jose. Pay starts at $73,812 on the first step. The largest group (46%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $139,067 by step 30.
What is the average teacher salary at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Lowest
$73,812
BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$101,431
- $20,825 below Santa Clara County average
- $2,121 below California average
Highest
$139,067
BA+75, step 30
Mount Pleasant Elementary average
California average$103,552
Santa Clara County average$122,256
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 95
- Starting salary
- $73,812
- BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $102,628
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 274th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Mount Pleasant Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 34% of Mount Pleasant Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60, BA+75 continue past step 15.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Mount Pleasant Elementary
Two things place a teacher on Mount Pleasant Elementary'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 Mount Pleasant Elementary's BA+30 column pays $82,911. Experienced teachers joining Mount Pleasant Elementary can be placed as high as step 16.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Mount Pleasant Elementary's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 9, with $101,112. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$103,388
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $139,067 on step 30.
Does Mount Pleasant Elementary 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
Mount Pleasant Elementary's average of $101,431 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Mount Pleasant Elementary ranks 274th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Santa Clara County
Mount Pleasant Elementary ranks 28th of 29, below the middle district.
Middle district: $117,248
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 Mount Pleasant Elementary
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.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $17,500paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,00058 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,3001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,0008 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$1,8002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$5,00019 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 16
Questions about teacher pay at Mount Pleasant Elementary
How much do Mount Pleasant Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Mount Pleasant Elementary's teacher schedule is $101,431 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $73,812 (BA+30, step 1) to $139,067 (BA+75, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
The schedule starts at $73,812 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 16.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Mount Pleasant Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 46% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $139,067. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Mount Pleasant Elementary reports a master's bonus of $2,000 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,300.
Is Mount Pleasant Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Mount Pleasant Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 274th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 28th of 29 in Santa Clara County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $122,256 in Santa Clara County.
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Sources for the Mount Pleasant Elementary 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.
- 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.
- Mount Pleasant Elementary'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.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.