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School district · Indiana · LEAID 1800450

Beech Grove City Schools

Beech Grove City Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Indiana districts (2,843 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Beech Grove City Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$64,018
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$17,071
Per-pupil spending
2,843
Students enrolled
95th
Pct. in IN
$64,018

Beech Grove City Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Indiana districts (2,843 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $64,018, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,843 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Beech Grove City Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Indiana districts (2,843 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 95th percentile for Indiana
  • 46th percentile nationally
  • 29% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Indiana ranks #42 of 49 on the salary estimate and #14 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Beech Grove City Schools ranks #14 of 289 Indiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #70 of 289 by per-pupil spending. Gary Community School Corp pay #1 at $76,828 is not DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist spending #1 at $32,890 per pupil
  • +14.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Indiana median

Among 291 Indiana districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Beech Grove City Schools's instructional payroll puts 92.1% into regular program , 8.6 points above the state median of 83.5%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Indiana district.

Program Beech Grove IN median Gap
Regular program 92.1% 83.5% +8.6 pp
Special education 5.8% 12.0% -6.2 pp
Vocational programs 1.1% 3.2% -2.1 pp
Other programs 0.9% 0.5% +0.4 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 291 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 1800450 · FY2023.

LEAID 1800450 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Beech Grove F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +22% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P95 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P46 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-MID 2,843 students INSTR-LOW 29% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lake FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $64,018 estimated average teacher salary · P95 in Indiana · P46 nationally · 29% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lake ($13est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Beech Grove

Salary neighbourhood · Beech Grove

Beech Grove already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Beech Grove

Beech Grove City Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$64,018 46th percentile higher than 46% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Beech Grove City Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Beech Grove in Indiana's upper-third pay band

Same 289 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Beech Grove City Schools ranks #14 of 289 Indiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #70 of 289 by per-pupil spending. Gary Community School Corp pay #1 at $76,828 is not DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist spending #1 at $32,890 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Beech Grove City Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist leads spending at $32,890 per pupil; Gary Community School Corp leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Beech Grove City Schools

  • Enrolment fell from 3,016 to 2,843 students (5.7% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$64,017.544

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Indiana price level
92.1 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$69,511

+9% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Indiana run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Indiana compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Beech Grove City Schools

What the Numbers Say About Beech Grove City Schools

Beech Grove City Schools is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Indiana, serving 2,843 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,071. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $64,018, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1800450 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Indiana statewide average of $52,427, teacher pay in Beech Grove City Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 22.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (8.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Indiana, it pays more than 95% of them. Indiana itself ranks #42 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Beech Grove City Schools reports $48.5M in total expenditure against $49.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $10.1M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M.

How does Beech Grove City Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Indiana average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Beech Grove City Schools $64,018
Fort Wayne Community Schools $55,844
Indiana avg $52,427
National avg $70,245

Beech Grove City Schools pays +14.6% more than Fort Wayne Community Schools · per-pupil $17,071 vs $18,966

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Indiana districts

On pay, Beech Grove City Schools sits closest to Lake Central School Corporation; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Center Grove Community School Corp. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Lake Central School Corporation
  2. Noblesville Schools
  3. Fremont Community Schools
  4. Portage Township Schools
  5. South Gibson School Corporation
  6. Anderson Community School Corp
  7. Westfield-Washington Schools
  8. MSD Pike Township
  9. West Washington School Corp
  10. Madison Consolidated Schools
  11. Mooresville Con School Corp
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Center Grove Community School Corp
  2. Shelbyville Central Schools
  3. North Putnam Community Schools
  4. Goshen Community Schools
  5. Northeast School Corp
  6. Anderson Community School Corp
  7. North Montgomery Com Sch Corp
  8. Brownsburg Community School Corp
  9. Pioneer Regional School Corp
  10. Borden-Henryville School Corporation
  11. MSD Decatur Township

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Beech Grove City Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Beech Grove City Schools: closest on enrollment (2,843 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($64,018 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$49.2M
Total Revenue
$48.5M
Total Expenditure
$14.1M
Instruction Salaries
29% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$10.1M
Regular Program
$0.6M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Beech Grove City Schools: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 78% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 22% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Indiana Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Indiana districts belongs to Gary Community School Corp at $76,828. Beech Grove City Schools sits in the upper quarter of that field at 14 of 283, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Tennessee and Idaho are the states closest to Indiana on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

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Other Indiana Districts

Smaller-district sample from 288 Indiana peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

New Castle Community School Corp
$49,963
2,939 students
Richland-Bean Blossom C S C
$55,986
2,738 students
Hanover Community School Corp
$58,799
2,734 students
Yorktown Community Schools
$55,445
2,719 students
Madison Consolidated Schools
$62,102
2,705 students
Jay School Corporation
$48,347
3,000 students

This is a sample of 6 from 288 Indiana districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Beech Grove City Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Beech Grove City Schools?

The average teacher salary in Beech Grove City Schools is $64,018 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Beech Grove City Schools teacher pay compare to the Indiana average?

Beech Grove City Schools pays 22.1% more than the Indiana state average of $52,427. The district's average is $64,018.

How does Beech Grove City Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Beech Grove City Schools pays 8.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $64,018.

What is the per-pupil spending in Beech Grove City Schools?

Beech Grove City Schools spends approximately $17,071 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Beech Grove City Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 29% of Beech Grove City Schools's total expenditure of $48.5M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Beech Grove City Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.