DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Nevada, serving 5,383 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,964. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $64,255, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3200090 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nevada statewide average of $64,229, teacher pay in DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.0% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (21.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nevada, it pays more than 19% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $69.8M in total expenditure against $79.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $14.6M, special-education teacher pay is $2.9M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.