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School district · Idaho · LEAID 1600480

Buhl Joint District

Buhl Joint District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Idaho districts (1,264 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Buhl Joint District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$64,130
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$11,589
Per-pupil spending
1,264
Students enrolled
39th
Pct. in ID
$64,130

Buhl Joint District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Idaho districts (1,264 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $64,130, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,264 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Buhl Joint District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Idaho districts (1,264 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 39th percentile for Idaho
  • 46th percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Idaho ranks #26 of 49 on the salary estimate and #37 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Buhl Joint District ranks #56 of 92 Idaho districts by estimated teacher salary and #52 of 92 by per-pupil spending. Lapwai District pay #1 at $100,184 is not Mccall-donnelly Joint School District spending #1 at $21,998 per pupil
  • +22.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Idaho median

Among 111 Idaho districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Buhl Joint District's instructional payroll puts 3.0% into vocational programs , 3.0 points above the state median of 0.0%. That heavier vocational share usually means career/technical programs claim more of the teacher-salary pool than at a typical Idaho peer.

Program Buhl Joint ID median Gap
Regular program 79.2% 81.8% -2.6 pp
Special education 11.5% 11.9% -0.4 pp
Vocational programs 3.0% 0.0% +3.0 pp
Other programs 6.2% 4.5% +1.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 111 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 1600480 · FY2023.

LEAID 1600480 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Buhl Joint F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -4% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P39 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P46 national PPE-LOW $12K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,264 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Troy FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $64,130 estimated average teacher salary · P39 in Idaho · P46 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Kuna (+$239est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Buhl Joint

Salary neighbourhood · Buhl Joint

Buhl Joint 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 Buhl Joint

Buhl Joint District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$64,130 46th percentile higher than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Buhl Joint 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

Buhl Joint in Idaho's lower-third pay band

Same 92 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Buhl Joint District ranks #56 of 92 Idaho districts by estimated teacher salary and #52 of 92 by per-pupil spending. Lapwai District pay #1 at $100,184 is not Mccall-donnelly Joint School District spending #1 at $21,998 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Buhl Joint District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Mccall-donnelly Joint School District leads spending at $21,998 per pupil; Lapwai District leads pay.

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

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$64,129.586

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Idaho price level
92.2 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$69,528

+8% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Idaho 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 Idaho 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 Buhl Joint District

What the Numbers Say About Buhl Joint District

Buhl Joint District is a small school district in Idaho, serving 1,264 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $11,589. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $64,130, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1600480 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Idaho statewide average of $66,710, teacher pay in Buhl Joint District runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 3.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (8.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Idaho, it pays more than 39% of them. Idaho itself ranks #26 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Buhl Joint District reports $14.6M in total expenditure against $14.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M.

How does Buhl Joint District compare?

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

Buhl Joint District $64,130
Joint School District No. 2 $65,407
Idaho avg $66,710
National avg $70,245

Buhl Joint District pays -2.0% less than Joint School District No. 2 · per-pupil $11,589 vs $10,032

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 Idaho districts

On pay, Buhl Joint District sits closest to Troy School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is New Plymouth District. 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. Troy School District
  2. Kamiah Joint District
  3. Boundary County District
  4. Wendell District
  5. Middleton District
  6. West Jefferson District
  7. Cottonwood Joint District
  8. Snake River District
  9. Shelley Joint District
  10. Jerome Joint District
  11. Gooding Joint District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. New Plymouth District
  2. Gooding Joint District
  3. Kellogg Joint District
  4. Marsing Joint District
  5. Parma District
  6. Grace Joint District
  7. Cottonwood Joint District
  8. Teton County District
  9. Salmon District
  10. Lakeland District
  11. Wilder District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Buhl Joint District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Buhl Joint District: closest on enrollment (1,264 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($64,130 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

$14.9M
Total Revenue
$14.6M
Total Expenditure
$4.9M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.9M
Regular Program
$0.6M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Buhl Joint District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Idaho Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Idaho districts belongs to Lapwai District at $100,184. Buhl Joint District places 44 of 68 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Indiana and Tennessee are the states closest to Idaho 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 Idaho districts →

Other Idaho Districts

Smaller-district sample from 91 Idaho peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Valley District
$68,035
531 students
Shoshone Joint District
$62,731
525 students
Lapwai District
$100,184
514 students
Wallace District
$70,938
512 students
Potlatch District
$70,822
480 students
Cottonwood Joint District
$64,907
441 students

This is a sample of 6 from 91 Idaho districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Buhl Joint District
What is the average teacher salary in Buhl Joint District?

The average teacher salary in Buhl Joint District is $64,130 (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 Buhl Joint District teacher pay compare to the Idaho average?

Buhl Joint District pays 3.9% less than the Idaho state average of $66,710. The district's average is $64,130.

How does Buhl Joint District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Buhl Joint District pays 8.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $64,130.

What is the per-pupil spending in Buhl Joint District?

Buhl Joint District spends approximately $11,589 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Buhl Joint District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Buhl Joint District's total expenditure of $14.6M (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. Buhl Joint District'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.