School district · Indiana · LEAID 1800660
Blue River Valley Schools
Blue River Valley Schools sits in the lowest third of Indiana districts on estimated teacher pay at $44,322 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Blue River Valley Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $44,322
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $17,897
- Per-pupil spending
- 642
- Students enrolled
- 7th
- Pct. in IN
Well below benchmark
Blue River Valley Schools sits in the lowest third of Indiana districts on estimated teacher pay at $44,322 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $44,322, below the national average of $70,245, serving 642 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower-third pay in state: Blue River Valley Schools sits in the lowest third of Indiana districts on estimated teacher pay at $44,322 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 7th percentile for Indiana
- 4th percentile nationally
- 22% 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.
- Blue River Valley Schools ranks #270 of 289 Indiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #39 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
- +19.8% 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, Blue River Valley Schools's instructional payroll puts 7.9% into vocational programs , 4.7 points above the state median of 3.2%. That heavier vocational share usually means career/technical programs claim more of the teacher-salary pool than at a typical Indiana peer.
| Program | Blue River | IN median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 80.7% | 83.5% | -2.8 pp |
| Special education | 11.1% | 12.0% | -0.9 pp |
| Vocational programs | 7.9% | 3.2% | +4.7 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 1800660 · FY2023.
LEAID 1800660 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Blue River F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $44,322 estimated average teacher salary · P7 in Indiana · P4 nationally · 22% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Warsaw (+$3,396est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Blue River
Salary neighbourhood · Blue River
Blue River trails 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).
- Blue
Blue · this district · low pay
$44,322 est. salary
- Warsaw · near
Warsaw · near
$47,717 est. salary
- Union · near
Union · near
$48,209 est. salary
- Vigo · near
Vigo · near
$50,026 est. salary
- Indianapolis · top pay
Indianapolis · top pay
$73,478 est. salary
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National salary distribution for Blue River
Blue River Valley Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$44,322 4th percentile higher than 4% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Blue River in Indiana's lower-third pay band
Same 289 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Gary Community School Corp
Gary Community School Corp
$76,828 est. avg salary
- DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
$74,263 est. avg salary
- Blue River Valley Schools
Blue River Valley Schools
$44,322 est. avg salary
What this shows Blue River Valley Schools ranks #270 of 289 Indiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #39 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
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Blue River Valley Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
$32,890 per pupil
- Gary Community School Corp
Gary Community School Corp
$30,561 per pupil
- Blue River Valley Schools
Blue River Valley Schools
$17,897 per pupil
What this shows DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist leads spending at $32,890 per pupil; Gary Community School Corp leads pay.
What stands out about Blue River Valley Schools
- It ranks in the bottom 5% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 4% of districts.
- Estimated teacher pay here rose +19.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Indiana's statewide +13.9% by 5.9 points, a growth rate faster than 74% of the 289 Indiana districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment fell from 696 to 642 students (7.8% 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
- $44,321.734
- Indiana price level
- 92.1 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $48,125
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+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 Blue River Valley Schools
What the Numbers Say About Blue River Valley Schools
Blue River Valley Schools is a small school district in Indiana, serving 642 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,897. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $44,322, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1800660 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Indiana statewide average of $52,427, teacher pay in Blue River Valley Schools runs materially below the state benchmark, a 15.5% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (36.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Indiana, it pays more than 7% 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, Blue River Valley Schools reports $11.5M in total expenditure against $9.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 22% 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.
How does Blue River Valley Schools compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Indiana average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Blue River Valley Schools pays -20.6% less than Fort Wayne Community Schools · per-pupil $17,897 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, Blue River Valley Schools sits closest to North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Lawrenceburg 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.
- North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp
- Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist
- Loogootee Community Sch Corp
- Paoli Community School Corp
- Edinburgh Community School Corp
- Crothersville Community Schools
- Tri-Central Community Schools
- Scott County School District 1
- Bloomfield School District
- Frontier School Corporation
- Attica Consolidated School Corp
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
- Lawrenceburg Community School Corp$17,900 per pupil+0.0% versus this district · $55,097 estimated salary
- Sheridan Community Schools$17,906 per pupil+0.0% versus this district · $50,776 estimated salary
- Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist$17,929 per pupil+0.2% versus this district · $44,396 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Blue River Valley Schools's smaller enrollment
Two out-of-state peer sets for Blue River Valley Schools: closest on enrollment (642 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($44,322 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Blue River Valley 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 83% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 17% 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. Placed 267 of 283, Blue River Valley Schools is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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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Smaller-district sample from 288 Indiana peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.
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 Blue River Valley Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Blue River Valley Schools?
The average teacher salary in Blue River Valley Schools is $44,322 (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 Blue River Valley Schools teacher pay compare to the Indiana average?
Blue River Valley Schools pays 15.5% less than the Indiana state average of $52,427. The district's average is $44,322.
How does Blue River Valley Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?
Blue River Valley Schools pays 36.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $44,322.
What is the per-pupil spending in Blue River Valley Schools?
Blue River Valley Schools spends approximately $17,897 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Blue River Valley Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 22% of Blue River Valley Schools's total expenditure of $11.5M (NCES FY2023).
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