School district · Utah · LEAID 4900210

Davis District

Davis District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (73,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Davis District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$83,024
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$11,187
Per-pupil spending
73,459
Students enrolled
66th
Pct. in UT
$83,024

Davis District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (73,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $83,024, above the national average of $70,245, serving 73,459 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Large enrollment scale: Davis District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (73,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 66th percentile for Utah
  • 78th percentile nationally
  • 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Utah ranks #14 of 49 on the salary estimate and #27 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Davis District ranks #14 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #36 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank
  • +33.6% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Utah median

Among 41 Utah districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Davis District's instructional payroll puts 69.6% into regular program , 9.9 points above the state median of 59.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Utah district.

Program Davis District UT median Gap
Regular program 69.6% 59.7% +9.9 pp
Special education 11.4% 10.0% +1.4 pp
Vocational programs 4.7% 5.4% -0.7 pp
Other programs 14.3% 24.2% -9.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 41 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4900210 · FY2023.

LEAID 4900210 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Davis District F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +5% vs state RANK-ST-MID P66 in state RANK-NAT-MID P78 national PPE-LOW $11K/pupil ENR-MEGA 73K students INSTR-MID 35% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Cache FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $83,024 estimated average teacher salary · P66 in Utah · P78 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Cache (+$21est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Davis District

Salary neighbourhood · Davis District

Davis District 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 Davis District

Davis District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$83,024 Top 22% higher than 78% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Davis 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

Davis District in Utah's upper-third pay band

Same 41 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Davis District ranks #14 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #36 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Davis District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Park City District leads spending at $31,518 per pupil; Park City District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Davis District

  • With 73,459 students, it is the 48th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
  • A district of this scale typically enrolls more students than several entire states' worth of smaller districts combined, which is part of why the per-pupil and per-teacher figures here should be read as an aggregate across many schools rather than a single-campus estimate.
  • Its total annual revenue of $859M puts it among just 101 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.

Scale composition for Davis District

Davis District enrolls 73,459 students (0.16% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $859M, putting it among 101 districts at this budget scale or larger.

Reported teacher FTE is 3,078, about 23.9 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 2 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 85th densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place Davis District among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.

Instructional salaries take 35% of total expenditure on a $822M budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.

Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):

District Enrollment Est. avg salary Revenue
Austin ISD · Texas 73,384 $54,699 $1.26B
Osceola · Florida 73,558 $43,191 $1.02B
Brevard · Florida 74,125 $58,310 $1.01B
Fort Worth ISD · Texas 72,783 $64,811 $1.24B
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 · Colorado 75,327 $78,435 $1.23B

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$83,024.379

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Utah price level
95.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$86,740

+4% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Utah 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 Utah 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 Davis District

What the Numbers Say About Davis District

Davis District is a large urban school district in Utah, serving 73,459 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $11,187. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $83,024, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4900210 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Utah statewide average of $79,346, teacher pay in Davis District runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 4.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (18.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Utah, it pays more than 66% of them. Utah itself ranks #14 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Davis District reports $821.8M in total expenditure against $858.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $177.8M, special-education teacher pay is $29.1M.

How does Davis District compare?

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

Davis District $83,024
Alpine District $88,988
Utah avg $79,346
National avg $70,245

Davis District pays -6.7% less than Alpine District · per-pupil $11,187 vs $10,282

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 Utah districts

Cache District is Davis District's nearest match on both pay and per-pupil investment, which is uncommon: the two signals point at different districts for roughly 98% of districts. 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.

Out-of-state districts near Davis District's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Davis District: closest on enrollment (73,459 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($83,024 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

$858.7M
Total Revenue
$821.8M
Total Expenditure
$291.5M
Instruction Salaries
35% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$177.8M
Regular Program
$29.1M
Special Education
$12.0M
Vocational
$36.6M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Davis 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 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Utah Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Utah districts belongs to Park City District at $99,684. Davis District places 13 of 37 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Georgia and North Carolina are the states closest to Utah 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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Other Utah Districts

Large-district sample from 40 Utah peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

This is a sample of 6 from 40 Utah districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

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

The average teacher salary in Davis District is $83,024 (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 Davis District teacher pay compare to the Utah average?

Davis District pays 4.6% more than the Utah state average of $79,346. The district's average is $83,024.

How does Davis District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Davis District pays 18.2% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $83,024.

What is the per-pupil spending in Davis District?

Davis District spends approximately $11,187 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 35% of Davis District's total expenditure of $821.8M (NCES FY2023).

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