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Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist sits in the lowest third of Iowa districts on estimated teacher pay at $55,760 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$55,760
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$17,518
Per-pupil spending
394
Students enrolled
11th
Pct. in IA
$55,760

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist sits in the lowest third of Iowa districts on estimated teacher pay at $55,760 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $55,760, below the national average of $70,245, serving 394 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist sits in the lowest third of Iowa districts on estimated teacher pay at $55,760 (above only 11% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 11th percentile for Iowa
  • 27th percentile nationally
  • 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Iowa ranks #30 of 49 on the salary estimate and #29 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist ranks #269 of 303 Iowa districts by estimated teacher salary and #97 of 303 by per-pupil spending. Linn-Mar Comm School District pay #1 at $82,552 is not Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District spending #1 at $59,531 per pupil
  • +18.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Iowa median

Among 327 Iowa districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist's instructional payroll puts 72.5% into regular program , 3.7 points above the state median of 68.8%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Iowa district.

Program Exira-Elk Horn- IA median Gap
Regular program 72.5% 68.8% +3.7 pp
Special education 9.2% 12.6% -3.4 pp
Vocational programs 3.3% 4.7% -1.5 pp
Other programs 15.0% 13.9% +1.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 327 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 1911250 · FY2023.

LEAID 1911250 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Exira-Elk Horn- F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -12% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P11 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P27 national PPE-MID $18K/pupil ENR-TINY 394 students INSTR-LOW 35% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Woodward-Granger FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $55,760 estimated average teacher salary · P11 in Iowa · P27 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Bondurant-Farrar (+$5,316est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Exira-Elk Horn-

Salary neighbourhood · Exira-Elk Horn-

Exira-Elk Horn- 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 Exira-Elk Horn-

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$55,760 27th percentile higher than 27% 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

Exira-Elk Horn- in Iowa's lower-third pay band

Same 303 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist ranks #269 of 303 Iowa districts by estimated teacher salary and #97 of 303 by per-pupil spending. Linn-Mar Comm School District pay #1 at $82,552 is not Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District spending #1 at $59,531 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District leads spending at $59,531 per pupil; Linn-Mar Comm School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +18.7% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Iowa's statewide +9.0% by 9.7 points, a growth rate faster than 83% of the 324 Iowa districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • It is a very small district (394 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$55,760.242

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Iowa price level
88.8 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$62,815

+13% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist

What the Numbers Say About Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist is a small school district in Iowa, serving 394 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,518. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $55,760, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1911250 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Iowa statewide average of $63,660, teacher pay in Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist runs materially below the state benchmark, a 12.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (20.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Iowa, it pays more than 11% of them. Iowa itself ranks #30 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist reports $6.9M in total expenditure against $7.7M 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 $1.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist compare?

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

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist $55,760
Des Moines Independent Comm School District $69,203
Iowa avg $63,660
National avg $70,245

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist pays -19.4% less than Des Moines Independent Comm School District · per-pupil $17,518 vs $18,580

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 Iowa districts

On pay, Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist sits closest to Woodward-Granger Comm School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School 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. Woodward-Granger Comm School District
  2. Mormon Trail Comm School District
  3. Shenandoah Comm School District
  4. Central Decatur Comm School District
  5. Griswold Comm School District
  6. Stanton Comm School District
  7. Riceville Comm School District
  8. West Fork Comm School District
  9. Central DeWitt School District
  10. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District
  11. Villisca Comm School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District
  2. Belmond-Klemme Comm School District
  3. Schaller-Crestland Comm School District
  4. East Buchanan Comm School District
  5. Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District
  6. Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District
  7. North Butler Comm School District
  8. Galva-Holstein Comm School District
  9. Easton Valley Comm School District
  10. Mid-Prairie Comm School District
  11. Lisbon Comm School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist: closest on enrollment (394 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($55,760 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

$7.7M
Total Revenue
$6.9M
Total Expenditure
$2.4M
Instruction Salaries
35% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.5M
Regular Program
$0.2M
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 Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 84% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 16% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Iowa Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Iowa districts belongs to Linn-Mar Comm School District at $82,552. Placed 223 of 238, Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Louisiana and Oklahoma are the states closest to Iowa 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 Iowa districts →

Other Iowa Districts

Smaller-district sample from 302 Iowa peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

East Mills Comm School District
$62,293
447 students
English Valleys Comm School District
$66,310
451 students
Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District
$63,560
453 students
Southeast Warren Comm School District
$63,385
455 students
Harris-Lake Park Comm School District
$56,745
332 students
Eastern Allamakee Comm School District
$61,058
330 students

This is a sample of 6 from 302 Iowa districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist
What is the average teacher salary in Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist?

The average teacher salary in Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist is $55,760 (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 Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist teacher pay compare to the Iowa average?

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist pays 12.4% less than the Iowa state average of $63,660. The district's average is $55,760.

How does Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist teacher pay compare to the national average?

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist pays 20.6% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $55,760.

What is the per-pupil spending in Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist?

Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist spends approximately $17,518 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 35% of Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist's total expenditure of $6.9M (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. Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist'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.