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Buckeye Elementary District (4269)

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (5,540 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Buckeye Elementary District (4269) come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,545
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$12,048
Per-pupil spending
5,540
Students enrolled
4th
Pct. in AZ
$50,545

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (5,540 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,545, below the national average of $70,245, serving 5,540 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (5,540 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 4th percentile for Arizona
  • 16th percentile nationally
  • 28% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Arizona ranks #29 of 49 on the salary estimate and #16 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Buckeye Elementary District (4269) ranks #146 of 152 Arizona districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 of 152 by per-pupil spending. Safford Unified District (4218) pay #1 at $99,366 is not Red Mesa Unified District (4159) spending #1 at $38,950 per pupil
  • +2.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Arizona median

Among 213 Arizona districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'s instructional payroll puts 8.5% into other programs , 8.5 points above the state median of 0.0%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Buckeye Elementary AZ median Gap
Regular program 76.9% 84.0% -7.0 pp
Special education 14.6% 10.8% +3.8 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 1.7% -1.7 pp
Other programs 8.5% 0.0% +8.5 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 213 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0401380 · FY2023.

LEAID 0401380 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Buckeye Elementary F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -21% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P4 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P16 national PPE-LOW $12K/pupil ENR-MID 5,540 students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Cottonwood-Oak FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,545 estimated average teacher salary · P4 in Arizona · P16 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Sahuarita ($3,068est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Buckeye Elementary

Salary neighbourhood · Buckeye Elementary

Buckeye Elementary 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 Buckeye Elementary

Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'s estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,545 16th percentile higher than 16% 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. 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

Buckeye Elementary in Arizona's lower-third pay band

Same 152 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Buckeye Elementary District (4269) ranks #146 of 152 Arizona districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 of 152 by per-pupil spending. Safford Unified District (4218) pay #1 at $99,366 is not Red Mesa Unified District (4159) spending #1 at $38,950 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Red Mesa Unified District (4159) leads spending at $38,950 per pupil; Safford Unified District (4218) leads pay.

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

What stands out about Buckeye Elementary District (4269)

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +2.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Arizona's statewide +25.8% by 23.4 points, a growth rate faster than 12% of the 199 Arizona districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.1% here, from 5,269 students in FY2019 to 5,540 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

Arizona sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$50,545.455

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Arizona price level
100.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$50,173

-1% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Arizona sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

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 Arizona 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 Buckeye Elementary District (4269)

What the Numbers Say About Buckeye Elementary District (4269)

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Arizona, serving 5,540 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,048. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,545, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0401380 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arizona statewide average of $63,921, teacher pay in Buckeye Elementary District (4269) runs materially below the state benchmark, a 20.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (28.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arizona, it pays more than 4% of them. Arizona itself ranks #29 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Buckeye Elementary District (4269) reports $66.7M in total expenditure against $72.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $10.3M, special-education teacher pay is $1.9M.

How does Buckeye Elementary District (4269) compare?

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

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) $50,545
Mesa Unified District (4235) $67,420
Arizona avg $63,921
National avg $70,245

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) pays -25.0% less than Mesa Unified District (4235) · per-pupil $12,048 vs $14,903

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 Arizona districts

On pay, Buckeye Elementary District (4269) sits closest to Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487); on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Union Elementary District (4277). 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. Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487)
  2. Prescott Unified District (4466)
  3. Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)
  4. Payson Unified District (4209)
  5. Sahuarita Unified District (4411)
  6. Morenci Unified District (4230)
  7. Tuba City Unified School District #15 (4197)
  8. Thatcher Unified District (4219)
  9. Tempe School District (4258)
  10. Colorado River Union High School District (4381)
  11. Florence Unified School District (4437)
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Union Elementary District (4277)
  2. Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)
  3. Higley Unified School District (4248)
  4. Colorado River Union High School District (4381)
  5. Sunnyside Unified District (4407)
  6. Globe Unified District (4208)
  7. Avondale Elementary District (4272)
  8. Fowler Elementary District (4273)
  9. Sierra Vista Unified District (4175)
  10. Pendergast Elementary District (4283)
  11. Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487)

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'s smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Buckeye Elementary District (4269): closest on enrollment (5,540 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,545 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

$72.1M
Total Revenue
$66.7M
Total Expenditure
$18.6M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$10.3M
Regular Program
$1.9M
Special Education
$1.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Buckeye Elementary District (4269): the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 72% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 28% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Arizona Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Arizona districts belongs to Safford Unified District (4218) at $99,366. Placed 125 of 128, Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. On BEA's price parity Arizona sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Virginia and Colorado are its nearest price peers.

View all Arizona districts →

Other Arizona Districts

Smaller-district sample from 153 Arizona peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Tolleson Elementary District (4264)
$70,109
2,713 students
Show Low Unified District (4393)
$60,874
2,558 students
Coolidge Unified District (4442)
$80,484
2,549 students
Maricopa Unified School District (4441)
$56,764
8,539 students
Osborn Elementary District (4262)
$56,663
2,452 students
Page Unified School District #8 (4196)
$60,831
2,395 students

This is a sample of 6 from 153 Arizona districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Buckeye Elementary District (4269)
What is the average teacher salary in Buckeye Elementary District (4269)?

The average teacher salary in Buckeye Elementary District (4269) is $50,545 (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 Buckeye Elementary District (4269) teacher pay compare to the Arizona average?

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) pays 20.9% less than the Arizona state average of $63,921. The district's average is $50,545.

How does Buckeye Elementary District (4269) teacher pay compare to the national average?

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) pays 28.0% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,545.

What is the per-pupil spending in Buckeye Elementary District (4269)?

Buckeye Elementary District (4269) spends approximately $12,048 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'s budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'s total expenditure of $66.7M (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. Buckeye Elementary District (4269)'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.