ARLINGTON CO PBLC SCHS

What the Numbers Say About ARLINGTON CO PBLC SCHS

ARLINGTON CO PBLC SCHS is a mid-sized school district in Virginia, serving 27,027 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $27,865. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $124,655, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5100270 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Virginia statewide average of $88,166, teacher pay in ARLINGTON CO PBLC SCHS runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 41.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (51.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Virginia, it pays more than 98% 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, ARLINGTON CO PBLC SCHS reports $753.1M in total expenditure against $738.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 30% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $79.2M, special-education teacher pay is $75.6M. 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.