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School district · Ohio · LEAID 3904521

Bluffton Exempted Village

Bluffton Exempted Village sits in the lowest third of Ohio districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,928 (above only 29% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Bluffton Exempted Village come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$72,928
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$11,618
Per-pupil spending
1,204
Students enrolled
29th
Pct. in OH
$72,928

Bluffton Exempted Village sits in the lowest third of Ohio districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,928 (above only 29% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $72,928, near the national average of $70,245, serving 1,204 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Bluffton Exempted Village sits in the lowest third of Ohio districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,928 (above only 29% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 29th percentile for Ohio
  • 64th percentile nationally
  • 39% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Ohio ranks #13 of 49 on the salary estimate and #5 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Bluffton Exempted Village ranks #459 of 646 Ohio districts by estimated teacher salary and #644 of 646 by per-pupil spending. Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr pay #1 at $171,630 is not Warren County Vocational School spending #1 at $57,688 per pupil
  • +15.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Ohio median

Among 653 Ohio districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Bluffton Exempted Village's instructional payroll puts 86.8% into regular program , 8.8 points above the state median of 78.0%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Ohio district.

Program Bluffton Exempted OH median Gap
Regular program 86.8% 78.0% +8.8 pp
Special education 13.2% 19.5% -6.3 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 1.3% -1.3 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 653 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3904521 · FY2023.

LEAID 3904521 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Bluffton Exempted F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -9% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P29 in state RANK-NAT-MID P64 national PPE-LOW $12K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,204 students INSTR-MID 39% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Clyde-Green FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $72,928 estimated average teacher salary · P29 in Ohio · P64 nationally · 39% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Dayton (+$1,201est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Bluffton Exempted

Salary neighbourhood · Bluffton Exempted

Bluffton Exempted 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).

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

Bluffton Exempted Village's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$72,928 Top 36% higher than 64% 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. Bluffton Exempted Village $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

Bluffton Exempted in Ohio's lower-third pay band

Same 646 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Bluffton Exempted Village ranks #459 of 646 Ohio districts by estimated teacher salary and #644 of 646 by per-pupil spending. Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr pay #1 at $171,630 is not Warren County Vocational School spending #1 at $57,688 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Bluffton Exempted Village is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Warren County Vocational School leads spending at $57,688 per pupil; Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr leads pay.

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

What stands out about Bluffton Exempted Village

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +15.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Ohio's statewide +19.8% by 4.0 points, a growth rate faster than 33% of the 604 Ohio districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$72,927.757

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Ohio price level
91.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$79,353

+9% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Bluffton Exempted Village

What the Numbers Say About Bluffton Exempted Village

Bluffton Exempted Village is a small school district in Ohio, serving 1,204 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $11,618. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $72,928, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3904521 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Ohio statewide average of $80,477, teacher pay in Bluffton Exempted Village runs materially below the state benchmark, a 9.4% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (3.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Ohio, it pays more than 29% of them. Ohio itself ranks #13 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Bluffton Exempted Village reports $14.0M in total expenditure against $14.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 39% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $4.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M.

How does Bluffton Exempted Village compare?

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

Bluffton Exempted Village $72,928
Columbus City Schools District $89,500
Ohio avg $80,477
National avg $70,245

Bluffton Exempted Village pays -18.5% less than Columbus City Schools District · per-pupil $11,618 vs $24,812

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 Ohio districts

On pay, Bluffton Exempted Village sits closest to Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Ontario Local. 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. Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village
  2. Springfield Local
  3. Fremont City
  4. Lisbon Exempted Village
  5. Georgetown Exempted Village
  6. Triad Local
  7. Milton-Union Exempted Village
  8. Manchester Local
  9. Lordstown Local
  10. St Clairsville-Richland City
  11. Colonel Crawford Local
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Ontario Local
  2. St Henry Consolidated Local
  3. Northern Local
  4. West Muskingum Local
  5. Dover City
  6. Fairland Local
  7. Hamilton Local
  8. Monroe Local
  9. Ross Local
  10. London City
  11. Buckeye Local

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Bluffton Exempted Village's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Bluffton Exempted Village: closest on enrollment (1,204 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($72,928 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

$14.3M
Total Revenue
$14.0M
Total Expenditure
$5.4M
Instruction Salaries
39% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.2M
Regular Program
$0.6M
Special Education

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 2 programs in Bluffton Exempted Village: the regular program and special education. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs and other programs. Together they are 89% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 11% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Ohio Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Ohio districts belongs to Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr at $171,630. Bluffton Exempted Village places 445 of 605 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Tennessee and Indiana are the states closest to Ohio on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Ohio districts →

Other Ohio Districts

Smaller-district sample from 648 Ohio peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Tuslaw Local
$73,492
1,249 students
Liberty Local
$82,698
1,251 students
Archbold-Area Local
$75,985
1,156 students
Champion Local
$91,622
1,257 students
Versailles Exempted Village
$84,213
1,258 students
Wynford Local
$78,840
1,150 students

This is a sample of 6 from 648 Ohio districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bluffton Exempted Village
What is the average teacher salary in Bluffton Exempted Village?

The average teacher salary in Bluffton Exempted Village is $72,928 (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 Bluffton Exempted Village teacher pay compare to the Ohio average?

Bluffton Exempted Village pays 9.4% less than the Ohio state average of $80,477. The district's average is $72,928.

How does Bluffton Exempted Village teacher pay compare to the national average?

Bluffton Exempted Village pays 3.8% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $72,928.

What is the per-pupil spending in Bluffton Exempted Village?

Bluffton Exempted Village spends approximately $11,618 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Bluffton Exempted Village's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 39% of Bluffton Exempted Village's total expenditure of $14.0M (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. Bluffton Exempted Village'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.