Athena-Weston SD 29RJ

What the Numbers Say About Athena-Weston SD 29RJ

Athena-Weston SD 29RJ is a small school district in Oregon, serving 585 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,419. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $84,462, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4101660 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Oregon statewide average of $76,777, teacher pay in Athena-Weston SD 29RJ runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 10.0% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (2.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Oregon, it pays more than 76% 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, Athena-Weston SD 29RJ reports $9.6M in total expenditure against $10.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $2.4M, 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.