Hanover School District – HB 1265 The Student First Act
“Mandatory Report to Voters on School Expenses”
As of July 1st, 2025, the state wanted to ensure that there was an increase in transparency regarding budgets. They wanted to ensure that voters have clear data on school spending and salaries. The focus was on providing critical information to the public before budget meetings. The information provided in the charts on the Cost per Pupil, Average Teacher Salary, and Administrator Salaries, has been taken directly from the state reports (found here: https://my.doe.nh.gov/iPlatform) and then adjusted for inflation.
The three line graph charts provided are for information purposes only and do not represent the current FY26-27 proposed budget cost per pupil or average annual teacher salaries. Each of the charts covers the last ten years, starting from FY16 to FY25. The charts show the years 2015 to 2024, due to the data being collected in the fall of each fiscal school year.
1) Average Cost per Pupil: Using the data supplied from the NH DOE-25 report submitted annually to the State of NH, the cost of programs, etc are determined, as is the Cost per Pupil, which is based on the daily school operations and good faith estimates. – Actual from FY16 at $18,971 to FY25 at $27,528 cost per pupil
2) Average Teacher Salary: The figures used in the chart were determined by the number of teachers within the district during the fiscal year and compared to the salaries for teachers reported to the state for that same fiscal year. – Actual from FY16 at $65,755 to FY25 at $92,395, average teacher salary
3) Administrators Salaries: This includes the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Diversity & Inclusion Directors, Business Managers, Principals, etc. – Actual from FY16 at low of $96,900 to high of $153,025 to FY25 at low of $133,455 to high of $185,844, actual administrative salaries
The “Top Administrators Salaries” chart shows the current fiscal year (FY25-26) four highest paid administrators in the district. For the Hanover School District, that would be the following: Superintendent, Director of Curriculum, Instructional, and Assessments, Business Administrator, and the Principal.
*Salaries for SAU Administrators is assessed as a percentage of the total cost, back to each district based on student enrollment and based on the Hanover Interstate compact signed by President Kennedy in 1963.
NH House Bill 1265:
https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1098&txtFormat=html
