Agua Fria Union High School District (4289)

What the Numbers Say About Agua Fria Union High School District (4289)

Agua Fria Union High School District (4289) is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Arizona, serving 9,219 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,855. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $55,735, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0400450 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arizona statewide average of $57,442, teacher pay in Agua Fria Union High School District (4289) runs slightly below the state benchmark — a 3.0% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (32.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arizona, it pays more than 44% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Agua Fria Union High School District (4289) reports $155.4M in total expenditure against $113.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 22% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $23.6M, special-education teacher pay is $4.0M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.