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Fayetteville School District

Fayetteville School District sits in the highest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $73,997 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Fayetteville School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$73,997
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$17,573
Per-pupil spending
10,560
Students enrolled
99th
Pct. in AR
$73,997

Fayetteville School District sits in the highest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $73,997 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $73,997, above the national average of $70,245, serving 10,560 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Fayetteville School District sits in the highest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $73,997 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 99th percentile for Arkansas
  • 66th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Arkansas ranks #49 of 49 on the salary estimate and #32 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Fayetteville School District ranks #1 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #24 of 199 by per-pupil spending. Fayetteville School District pay #1 at $73,997 is not Warren School District spending #1 at $31,095 per pupil
  • +11.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Arkansas median

Among 234 Arkansas districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Fayetteville School District's instructional payroll puts 68.4% into regular program , 5.2 points below the state median of 73.6%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Fayetteville School AR median Gap
Regular program 68.4% 73.6% -5.2 pp
Special education 15.3% 10.1% +5.2 pp
Vocational programs 2.4% 5.7% -3.3 pp
Other programs 13.9% 9.9% +4.0 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 234 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0506120 · FY2023.

LEAID 0506120 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Fayetteville School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +71% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P99 in state RANK-NAT-MID P66 national PPE-MID $18K/pupil ENR-LARGE 10.6K students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Little FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $73,997 estimated average teacher salary · P99 in Arkansas · P66 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Little ($2,356est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Fayetteville School

Salary neighbourhood · Fayetteville School

Fayetteville School already leads 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Fayetteville School

Fayetteville School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$73,997 Top 34% higher than 66% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Fayetteville School 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

Fayetteville School in Arkansas's upper-third pay band

Same 199 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Fayetteville School District ranks #1 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #24 of 199 by per-pupil spending. Fayetteville School District pay #1 at $73,997 is not Warren School District spending #1 at $31,095 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Fayetteville School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Warren School District leads spending at $31,095 per pupil; Fayetteville School 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
$73,997.083

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Arkansas price level
86.8 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$85,240

+15% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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 Fayetteville School District

What the Numbers Say About Fayetteville School District

Fayetteville School District is a mid-sized school district in Arkansas, serving 10,560 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,573. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $73,997, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0506120 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arkansas statewide average of $43,221, teacher pay in Fayetteville School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 71.2% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (5.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arkansas, it pays more than 99% of them. Arkansas itself ranks #49 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Fayetteville School District reports $185.6M in total expenditure against $163.0M 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. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $34.4M, special-education teacher pay is $7.7M.

How does Fayetteville School District compare?

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

Fayetteville School District $73,997
Springdale School District $60,869
Arkansas avg $43,221
National avg $70,245

Fayetteville School District pays +21.6% more than Springdale School District · per-pupil $17,573 vs $15,771

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 Arkansas districts

On pay, Fayetteville School District sits closest to Little Rock School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Texarkana 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. Little Rock School District
  2. Lake Hamilton School District
  3. Conway School District
  4. Bentonville School District
  5. Springdale School District
  6. Russellville School District
  7. Siloam Springs School District
  8. Cabot School District
  9. Hot Springs School District
  10. Rogers School District
  11. Bryant School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Texarkana School District
  2. West Memphis School District
  3. Jonesboro School District
  4. Hot Springs School District
  5. Pulaski Co. Spec. School Dist.
  6. Springdale School District
  7. El Dorado School District
  8. Pine Bluff School District
  9. Alma School District
  10. Jacksonville North Pulaski School District
  11. Harrison School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Fayetteville School District's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Fayetteville School District: closest on enrollment (10,560 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($73,997 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

$163.0M
Total Revenue
$185.6M
Total Expenditure
$57.6M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$34.4M
Regular Program
$7.7M
Special Education
$1.2M
Vocational
$7.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Fayetteville School 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 87% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 13% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Arkansas Teacher Pay Overview

No comparably sized Arkansas district reports a higher average than Fayetteville School District, so this page is the state's ceiling rather than a point on the way to it. Only the state ceiling itself: among the 201 districts of comparable size, Fayetteville School District is paid at the very top of the state, and the state average sits well below it. Mississippi and South Dakota are the states closest to Arkansas 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 Arkansas districts →

Other Arkansas Districts

Large-district sample from 198 Arkansas peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Beebe School District
$40,963
3,394 students
Pine Bluff School District
$50,924
3,261 students
Paragould School District
$48,398
3,217 students
Alma School District
$49,965
3,143 students
Brookland School District
$53,001
3,060 students
Vilonia School District
$45,522
3,053 students

This is a sample of 6 from 198 Arkansas districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

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

The average teacher salary in Fayetteville School District is $73,997 (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 Fayetteville School District teacher pay compare to the Arkansas average?

Fayetteville School District pays 71.2% more than the Arkansas state average of $43,221. The district's average is $73,997.

How does Fayetteville School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Fayetteville School District pays 5.3% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $73,997.

What is the per-pupil spending in Fayetteville School District?

Fayetteville School District spends approximately $17,573 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Fayetteville School District's total expenditure of $185.6M (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. Fayetteville School 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.