Richgrove Elementary School District teacher salaries
Richgrove Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Tulare County, with its district office in Richgrove. Pay starts at $54,257 on the first step. The largest group (73%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $103,093 by step 19.
Lowest
$54,257
BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$92,402
- $6,202 below Tulare County average
- $11,150 below California average
Highest
$103,093
BA+75, step 19
Richgrove Elementary average
Tulare County average$98,604
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 33
- Starting salary
- $54,257
- BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $103,093
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 448th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Richgrove 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
Richgrove Elementary's average of $92,402 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Richgrove Elementary ranks 448th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 38 reporting districts in Tulare County
Richgrove Elementary ranks 21st of 38, below the middle district.
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.
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 Richgrove Elementary's BA+30 column pays $61,656. Experienced teachers joining Richgrove Elementary can be placed as high as step 19.
- 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. Richgrove Elementary's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Richgrove Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$84,963
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $103,093 on step 19.
Richgrove Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 55% of Richgrove Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75 continues past step 13.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Richgrove 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonus$1,5009 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,00010 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$65 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 19
Questions about teacher pay at Richgrove Elementary
How much do Richgrove Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Richgrove Elementary's teacher schedule is $92,402 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $54,257 (BA+30, step 1) to $103,093 (BA+75, step 19).
What does a new teacher earn at Richgrove Elementary?
The schedule starts at $54,257 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 19.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Richgrove Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 73% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 19, where it reaches $103,093. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Richgrove Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Richgrove Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top.
Is Richgrove Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Richgrove Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 448th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 21st 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Tulare County
Sources for the Richgrove 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.
- Richgrove 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.