Arena Union Elementary/Point Arena Joint Union High

What the Numbers Say About Arena Union Elementary/Point Arena Joint Union High

Arena Union Elementary/Point Arena Joint Union High is a small school district in California, serving 355 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $29,946. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $118,310, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0601325 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the California statewide average of $85,774, teacher pay in Arena Union Elementary/Point Arena Joint Union High runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 37.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (43.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in California, it pays more than 94% 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, Arena Union Elementary/Point Arena Joint Union High reports $10.6M in total expenditure against $11.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 26% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M. 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.