Best RI School Districts To Teach In, Average Salaries: See New Data

RHODE ISLAND — Public school teachers in Rhode Island can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district they work for.

While one Rhode Island district ranks in the top 200 nationwide for teachers, with Glocester Public Schools paying them in excess of $80,000 each year on average, the top 25 school districts in Rhode Island all pay their teachers on average well north of $75,000 per year, according to Niche.

The highest paid teachers in the country are in Glenbard High School District 225 in Illinois, Niche reported. That district pays its teachers an average of $103,465 per year.

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Here are the best 25 school districts to teach for in Rhode Island and their average teacher's salaries:

1. Glocester School District, $81,516
2. Narragansett School System, $98,046
3. Barrington Public Schools. $92,444
4. Lincoln Public Schools, $94, 923
5. Scituate School Department, $91,300
6. R.I. School for the Deaf, $83,683
7. Smithfield Public Schools, $81,405
8. North Kingstown School District, $79,334
9. East Greenwich Public Schools, $85,545
10. Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District, $81,105
11. Westerly Public Schools, $90,296
12. North Smithfield School Department, $78,988
13. Cumberland School Department, $756,319
14. Achievement First Rhode Island, $98,877
15. Foster-Gloester Regional School District, $75,341
16. Chariho Regional School District, $76,101
17. Middletown Public Schools, $85,591
18. Jamestown School Department, $77,661
19. Johnston Public Schools, $82,107
20. Burrillville School District, $79,338
21. South Kingstown School District, $98,150
22. Coventry School District, $86,542
23. North Providence School District, $79,902
24. New Shoreham School District, $82,174
25. Cranston Public Schools, $80,592