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Big Cities, Big Salaries The NAEP maintains a list of 25 “large city” school districts. Those with the best exam scores are not the ones spending the most on payroll. Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida had the second-best exam scores in 2024 while spending just $6,380 on payroll per student – the fifth-lowest among the 25 large cities. Only sixteen employees earned $200,000 or more despite the district serving 335,500 students. Also in Florida, Hillsborough County spent only $5,330 on payroll per student, the second-lowest of the large cities. Its students’ exam scores ranked 5th.https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/the-public-school-crisis-higher-payrolls