Grant Elementary School District teacher salaries
Grant Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Shasta County, with its district office in Redding. Pay starts at $56,001 on the first step. The largest group (52%) is on the BA+72 column, which climbs to $106,840 by step 31.
Lowest
$56,001
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$82,254
- $1,707 below Shasta County average
- $21,298 below California average
Highest
$106,840
BA+72, step 31
Grant Elementary average
Shasta County average$83,961
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 33
- Starting salary
- $56,001
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $81,284
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 605th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Grant 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
Grant Elementary's average of $82,254 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Grant Elementary ranks 605th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Shasta County
Grant Elementary ranks 7th of 20, above the middle district.
Middle district: $81,003
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. Experienced teachers joining Grant Elementary 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. Grant Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+72, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Grant Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$83,601
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $106,840 on step 31.
Grant Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 37% of Grant Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+24, BA+36, BA+48, BA+60, BA+72 continue past step 2.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Grant 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 $11,962paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- 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 11
Questions about teacher pay at Grant Elementary
How much do Grant Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Grant Elementary's teacher schedule is $82,254 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,001 (BA, step 1) to $106,840 (BA+72, step 31).
What does a new teacher earn at Grant Elementary?
The schedule starts at $56,001 (BA, step 1). 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 Grant Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+72 column, where 52% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 31, where it reaches $106,840. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Grant Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Grant Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top.
Is Grant Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Grant Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 605th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th of 20 in Shasta County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $83,961 in Shasta County.
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Sources for the Grant 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.
- Grant 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.