San Diego County’s 10 highest-paid school superintendents

Among the top-paid school district leaders in 2024, two men stand out: David Miyashiro, who leads an East County elementary school district, and Lamont Jackson, paid severance after his firing from the region’s largest district on sexual misconduct allegations.

A table listing school district superintendents along with their base pay, other pay, total pay and the number of students enrolled in their district.

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*The San Diego County Office of Education supports districts countywide and runs schools for the county’s most vulnerable students, including those who are homeless, pregnant, in foster care or in juvenile detention.

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