SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — School administrator pay varies across the state and is not strongly linked to any single factor.
An analysis by The Spokesman-Review has found administrator pay is not consistent by student population or region.
Last year, for example, West Valley School District Superintendent Polly Crowley – who oversees a district with about 3,600 students – made about $12,000 more than Superintendent Nancy Stowell of Spokane Public Schools, the state’s third-largest district with about 28,100 students.
Compensation for 21 Washington public school administrators exceeded that of the governor in 2010. And 41 top school officials made more than the state’s K-12 superintendent, Randy Dorn.
