Best Florida School Districts To Teach In, Average Salaries

FLORIDA — Public school teachers in Florida can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district they work for.

Most top school districts in Florida pay their teachers a salary around $50,000, making the state one of the worst in the nation for teacher salaries, according to Niche. Top school systems in Illinois and New York average teacher pay of $90,000 to just over $100,000.

Among Florida school districts with "A" grades, the average salary paid to teachers ranged from a high of $59,000 in Collier County Public Schools to the lowest average pay listed for Clay County School District at about $43,000, according to Niche.

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Here are the best school districts to teach for in Florida — they all received an "A" grade — and their average teacher's salary:

• Collier County Public Schools, $59,689
• Sarasota County Schools, $52,795
• Alachua County Public Schools, $53,910
• Leon County Schools, $52,144
• Clay County School District, $43,437
• Okaloosa County School District, $49,775
• St. Johns County School District, $54,410
• Nassau County School District, $52,219
• Martin County School District, $47,559
• Seminole County Public Schools, $54,557

Rankings Methodology

Explore the best school districts to teach. Ranking factors include teacher salaries, teacher tenure, teacher absenteeism, student-teacher ratio, as well as the district's Niche grades for Overall, Administration, Safety, and Resources. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Where Niche Grades come from and how Niche calculates rankings.