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Westwood Teacher Salaries Compared to Nearby Towns

Find out how teachers' salaries compare for Westwood and the surrounding area.

Teachers in the Westwood Public School system made an average salary of about $69,000 during the 2009-2010 school year, according to recent data from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.

Similar data served as the foundation to a map created by WBUR last year showing how average teacher salaries compare across Massachusetts.

On the map, the darker the city or town, the higher the average salary. The map can be viewed for elementary teacher salaries (red), middle school salaries (green) and high school salaries (blue).

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The chart below shows Westwood Schools' average K-12 teacher salary to be close to midranged compared to the nieghboring towns and cities. The data is based on numbers from the DESE, and shows the average teacher salary by community in ascending order, along with the municipality's expenditure per pupil.

City/Town

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Average Salary

Expenditure Per Pupil

Norwood  $61,231
$12,993
Walpole
$63,186
$11,812
Millis $64,865 $10,582 Canton $68,076 $12,450 Dedham $68,961 $14,837 Norfolk $68,998 $11,711 Westwood $69,124 $13,839 Milton
$74,565
$11,473
Needham
$75,807  $12,955
Cambridge
$77,380
$26,337
Newton
$77,909 
$16,243
Boston  $84,894 $17,900 Dover
$88,023
$16,591

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