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School district · Wyoming · LEAID 5603170

Big Horn County School District #3

Big Horn County School District #3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wyoming districts (469 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Big Horn County School District #3 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$73,861
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$26,571
Per-pupil spending
469
Students enrolled
55th
Pct. in WY
$73,861

Big Horn County School District #3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wyoming districts (469 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $73,861, above the national average of $70,245, serving 469 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Big Horn County School District #3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wyoming districts (469 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 55th percentile for Wyoming
  • 66th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Wyoming ranks #16 of 49 on the salary estimate and #47 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Big Horn County School District #3 ranks #20 of 44 Wyoming districts by estimated teacher salary and #11 of 44 by per-pupil spending. Fremont County School District #38 pay #1 at $119,264 is not Fremont County School District #21 spending #1 at $54,321 per pupil
  • +6.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Wyoming median

Among 48 Wyoming districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Big Horn County School District #3's instructional payroll puts 57.3% into regular program , 12.8 points below the state median of 70.2%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Big Horn WY median Gap
Regular program 57.3% 70.2% -12.8 pp
Special education 23.8% 16.9% +6.9 pp
Vocational programs 5.9% 3.8% +2.1 pp
Other programs 13.0% 7.4% +5.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 48 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 5603170 · FY2023.

LEAID 5603170 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Big Horn F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P55 in state RANK-NAT-MID P66 national PPE-HIGH $27K/pupil ENR-TINY 469 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Sublette FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $73,861 estimated average teacher salary · P55 in Wyoming · P66 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Sublette (+$308est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Big Horn

Salary neighbourhood · Big Horn

Big Horn sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Big Horn

Big Horn County School District #3's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$73,861 Top 34% higher than 66% 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%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). This entry sits in this band. $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. This district $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

What stands out about Big Horn County School District #3

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +6.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Wyoming's statewide +10.9% by 4.7 points, a growth rate faster than 22% of the 37 Wyoming districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • It is a very small district (469 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $26,571 is among the highest in the nation.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$73,861.123

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Wyoming price level
91.6 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$80,678

+9% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 Big Horn County School District #3

What the Numbers Say About Big Horn County School District #3

Big Horn County School District #3 is a small school district in Wyoming, serving 469 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $26,571. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $73,861, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5603170 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Wyoming statewide average of $75,580, teacher pay in Big Horn County School District #3 runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.3% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (5.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Wyoming, it pays more than 55% of them. Wyoming itself ranks #16 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Big Horn County School District #3 reports $12.5M in total expenditure against $12.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M.

How does Big Horn County School District #3 compare?

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

Big Horn County School District #3 $73,861
Laramie County School District #1 $78,511
Wyoming avg $75,580
National avg $70,245

Big Horn County School District #3 pays -5.9% less than Laramie County School District #1 · per-pupil $26,571 vs $20,403

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 Wyoming districts

On pay, Big Horn County School District #3 sits closest to Sublette County School District #1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Sublette County School District #9. 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. Sublette County School District #1
  2. Fremont County School District # 6
  3. Weston County School District #7
  4. Uinta County School District #4
  5. Washakie County School District #1
  6. Johnson County School District #1
  7. Big Horn County School District #4
  8. Crook County School District #1
  9. Big Horn County School District #2
  10. Converse County School District #1
  11. Fremont County School District #24
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Sublette County School District #9
  2. Lincoln County School District #1
  3. Hot Springs County School District #1
  4. Fremont County School District #24
  5. Fremont County School District # 6
  6. Goshen County School District #1
  7. Converse County School District #1
  8. Weston County School District #1
  9. Johnson County School District #1
  10. Platte County School District #1
  11. Carbon County School District #1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Big Horn County School District #3's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Big Horn County School District #3: closest on enrollment (469 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($73,861 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

$12.2M
Total Revenue
$12.5M
Total Expenditure
$3.8M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.9M
Regular Program
$0.8M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Big Horn County School District #3: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 87% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 13% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Wyoming Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Wyoming districts belongs to Teton County School District #1 at $95,179. Big Horn County School District #3 places 17 of 37 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Ohio and Missouri are the states closest to Wyoming 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 Wyoming Districts

Smaller-district sample from 43 Wyoming peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Weston County School District #1
$67,852
778 students
Niobrara County School District #1
$61,466
842 students
Platte County School District #1
$60,302
913 students
Sublette County School District #1
$74,169
1,092 students
Laramie County School District #2
$67,220
1,094 students
Washakie County School District #1
$71,565
1,138 students

This is a sample of 6 from 43 Wyoming districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Big Horn County School District #3
What is the average teacher salary in Big Horn County School District #3?

The average teacher salary in Big Horn County School District #3 is $73,861 (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 Big Horn County School District #3 teacher pay compare to the Wyoming average?

Big Horn County School District #3 pays 2.3% less than the Wyoming state average of $75,580. The district's average is $73,861.

How does Big Horn County School District #3 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Big Horn County School District #3 pays 5.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $73,861.

What is the per-pupil spending in Big Horn County School District #3?

Big Horn County School District #3 spends approximately $26,571 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Big Horn County School District #3's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Big Horn County School District #3's total expenditure of $12.5M (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. Big Horn County School District #3'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.