Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

What the Numbers Say About Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is a mid-sized school district in Alaska, serving 12,331 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,103. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $88,736, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0200600 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Alaska statewide average of $96,275, teacher pay in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District runs materially below the state benchmark — a 7.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (7.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Alaska, it pays more than 16% 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, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District reports $235.6M in total expenditure against $243.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. 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.