Lennox School District teacher salaries

Lennox School District is an elementary school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Lennox. A teacher with a full credential starts at $67,296. The largest group (69%) is on the BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $119,293 by step 25.

Lowest

$62,510

BA INTERN before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$107,012

$3,518 above Los Angeles County average
$3,460 above California average

Highest

$119,293

BA+60+MA INTERN before a full credential, step 25

Lennox average

AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 230
Starting salary: $67,296; BA with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $115,126; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 176th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Lennox 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

Lennox's average of $107,012 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Lennox ranks 176th of 828.

Lennox

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County

Lennox ranks 25th of 71, above the middle district.

Lennox

$80k$100k$120k

Middle district: $103,471

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

What BA+98, steps and credentials mean

Teacher pay in California is set by a grid. Two things place you on it: how long you've taught and how much college you've done.

Step: Steps go up with years of service. Step 5 on Lennox's BA column pays $67,302. Experienced teachers joining Lennox can be placed as high as step 11.
Column, such as BA+98: Your bachelor's degree (BA) plus the college semester units you've completed since. BA+98 means a bachelor's plus 98 more units. Lennox's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA, 5 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Lennox's credentialed columns start at $67,296.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Lennox pays them on separate columns, starting at $62,510.

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

Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$102,419

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $119,293 on step 25.

$119,293$62,510

Step 1Step 25

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Lennox's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 68% of Lennox's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Lennox credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45	BA+60+MA
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 to 14
15 to 16
17
18
19
20 to 21
22
23
24
25

Lennox without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA INTERN	BA+15 INTERN	BA+30 INTERN	BA+45 INTERN	BA+60+MA INTERN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 to 14
15 to 19
20 to 24
25

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Full-time equivalents in a cell

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.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Lennox

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 $15,241paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonus$1,0001 full-time equivalents eligible
Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
National Board Certification bonus$1,0004 full-time equivalents eligible
Special education bonus$1,20030 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school payNot reported
Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year1%
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11

Questions about teacher pay at Lennox

How much do Lennox teachers make?

The average salary on Lennox's teacher schedule is $107,012 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $62,510 (BA INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $119,293 (BA+60+MA INTERN before a full credential, step 25).

What does a new teacher earn at Lennox?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $67,296 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $62,510. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.

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

On the BA+60+MA column, where 69% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $119,293. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Lennox teacher pay high for California?

Lennox's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 176th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 25th of 71 in Los Angeles County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $103,494 in Los Angeles County.

Keep exploring teacher pay in Los Angeles County

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Sources for the Lennox 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.
Lennox'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.

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