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Buchanan Community Schools

Buchanan Community Schools sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,426 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Buchanan Community Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$52,426
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$13,919
Per-pupil spending
1,550
Students enrolled
11th
Pct. in MI
$52,426

Buchanan Community Schools sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,426 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $52,426, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,550 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Buchanan Community Schools sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,426 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 11th percentile for Michigan
  • 20th percentile nationally
  • 25% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Michigan ranks #32 of 49 on the salary estimate and #11 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Buchanan Community Schools ranks #442 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #474 of 492 by per-pupil spending. Brighton Area Schools pay #1 at $122,714 is not Pontiac City School District spending #1 at $41,914 per pupil
  • +11.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Michigan median

Among 575 Michigan districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Buchanan Community Schools's instructional payroll puts 86.2% into regular program , 4.5 points above the state median of 81.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Michigan district.

Program Buchanan Community MI median Gap
Regular program 86.2% 81.7% +4.5 pp
Special education 10.6% 11.4% -0.9 pp
Vocational programs 2.3% 0.0% +2.3 pp
Other programs 0.9% 4.4% -3.5 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 575 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2607140 · FY2023.

LEAID 2607140 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Buchanan Community F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -17% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P11 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P20 national PPE-LOW $14K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,550 students INSTR-LOW 25% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Munising FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $52,426 estimated average teacher salary · P11 in Michigan · P20 nationally · 25% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Rockford (+$3,881est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Buchanan Community

Salary neighbourhood · Buchanan Community

Buchanan Community 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Buchanan Community

Buchanan Community Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$52,426 20th percentile higher than 20% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $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. Buchanan Community 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

Buchanan Community in Michigan's lower-third pay band

Same 492 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Buchanan Community Schools ranks #442 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #474 of 492 by per-pupil spending. Brighton Area Schools pay #1 at $122,714 is not Pontiac City School District spending #1 at $41,914 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Buchanan Community Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Pontiac City School District leads spending at $41,914 per pupil; Brighton Area Schools leads pay.

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

What stands out about Buchanan Community Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +11.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Michigan's statewide +17.1% by 5.8 points, a growth rate faster than 28% of the 513 Michigan districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$52,425.579

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Michigan price level
94.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$55,597

+6% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Buchanan Community Schools

What the Numbers Say About Buchanan Community Schools

Buchanan Community Schools is a small school district in Michigan, serving 1,550 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,919. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $52,426, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2607140 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Michigan statewide average of $63,155, teacher pay in Buchanan Community Schools runs materially below the state benchmark, a 17.0% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (25.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Michigan, it pays more than 11% of them. Michigan itself ranks #32 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Buchanan Community Schools reports $21.6M in total expenditure against $23.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 25% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $4.1M, special-education teacher pay is $0.5M.

How does Buchanan Community Schools compare?

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

Buchanan Community Schools $52,426
Detroit Public Schools Community District $78,081
Michigan avg $63,155
National avg $70,245

Buchanan Community Schools pays -32.9% less than Detroit Public Schools Community District · per-pupil $13,919 vs $23,287

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 Michigan districts

On pay, Buchanan Community Schools sits closest to Munising Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is North Branch Area Schools. 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. Munising Public Schools
  2. Ravenna Public Schools
  3. St. Ignace Area Schools
  4. Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)
  5. Vestaburg Community Schools
  6. Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le
  7. West Branch-Rose City Area Schools
  8. Deckerville Community School District
  9. Lake City Area School District
  10. Schoolcraft Community Schools
  11. Gobles Public School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. North Branch Area Schools
  2. Tawas Area Schools
  3. Napoleon Community Schools
  4. Vestaburg Community Schools
  5. Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)
  6. Buckley Community Schools
  7. Lawton Community School District
  8. Almont Community Schools
  9. Constantine Public School District
  10. Bark River-Harris School District
  11. Clare Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Buchanan Community Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Buchanan Community Schools: closest on enrollment (1,550 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($52,426 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

$23.0M
Total Revenue
$21.6M
Total Expenditure
$5.5M
Instruction Salaries
25% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.1M
Regular Program
$0.5M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Buchanan Community 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 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.

Michigan Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Michigan districts belongs to Brighton Area Schools at $122,714. Placed 398 of 431, Buchanan Community Schools is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. North Carolina and South Carolina are the states closest to Michigan 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 Michigan districts →

Other Michigan Districts

Smaller-district sample from 508 Michigan peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Washtenaw ISD
$48,918
1,473 students
Godfrey-Lee Public Schools
$61,134
1,632 students
Madison School District (Lenawee)
$68,086
1,633 students
Ida Public School District
$58,416
1,464 students
Grant Public School District
$68,270
1,638 students
Montrose Community Schools
$67,640
1,460 students

This is a sample of 6 from 508 Michigan districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Buchanan Community Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Buchanan Community Schools?

The average teacher salary in Buchanan Community Schools is $52,426 (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 Buchanan Community Schools teacher pay compare to the Michigan average?

Buchanan Community Schools pays 17.0% less than the Michigan state average of $63,155. The district's average is $52,426.

How does Buchanan Community Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Buchanan Community Schools pays 25.4% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $52,426.

What is the per-pupil spending in Buchanan Community Schools?

Buchanan Community Schools spends approximately $13,919 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Buchanan Community Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 25% of Buchanan Community Schools's total expenditure of $21.6M (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. Buchanan Community 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.