Oak Valley Union Elementary School District teacher salaries

Oak Valley Union Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Tulare County, with its district office in Tulare. Pay starts at $61,082 on the first step. The largest group (29%) is on the BA+45 column, which climbs to $100,958 by step 16.

What is the average teacher salary at Oak Valley Union Elementary?

Lowest

$61,082

BA<30, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$88,034

  • $10,570 below Tulare County average
  • $15,518 below California average

Highest

$110,320

MA, step 20

Oak Valley Union Elementary average

AveragesTulare County $98,604, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
34
Starting salary
$61,082
BA<30, step 1
Median salary
$87,088
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
517th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Oak Valley Union Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252

No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 29% of Oak Valley Union Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBA<30BA+30BA+45BA+60MA
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16 to 19
20
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22 to 30

Only BA+60 continues past step 21.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 0
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 Oak Valley Union Elementary

Two things place a teacher on Oak Valley Union 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 Oak Valley Union Elementary's BA<30 column pays $68,748. Experienced teachers joining Oak Valley Union Elementary can be placed as high as step 6.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Oak Valley Union Elementary's columns run from BA<30 to MA, 5 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Oak Valley Union Elementary?

On the BA+45 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 16, with $100,958. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$84,551

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $100,958 on step 16.

$110,320$61,082
Step 1Step 30
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Does Oak Valley Union 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.

No

Oak Valley Union Elementary's average of $88,034 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Oak Valley Union Elementary ranks 517th of 828.

Oak Valley Union Elementary
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 38 reporting districts in Tulare County

Oak Valley Union Elementary ranks 25th of 38, below the middle district.

Oak Valley Union Elementary
$60k$80k$100k

Middle district: $93,328

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 Oak Valley Union 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Oak Valley Union Elementary

How much do Oak Valley Union Elementary teachers make?

The average salary on Oak Valley Union Elementary's teacher schedule is $88,034 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,082 (BA<30, step 1) to $110,320 (MA, step 20).

What does a new teacher earn at Oak Valley Union Elementary?

The schedule starts at $61,082 (BA<30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 6.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Oak Valley Union Elementary pay scale?

On the BA+45 column, where 29% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 16, where it reaches $100,958. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Oak Valley Union Elementary teacher pay high for California?

Oak Valley Union Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 517th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 25th of 38 in Tulare County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $98,604 in Tulare County.

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Sources for the Oak Valley Union 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.

  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. Oak Valley Union 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.
  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