School district · Utah · LEAID 4900360
Granite District
Granite District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (61,197 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Granite District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $86,834
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $13,428
- Per-pupil spending
- 61,197
- Students enrolled
- 78th
- Pct. in UT
Above benchmark
Granite District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (61,197 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $86,834, above the national average of $70,245, serving 61,197 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Large enrollment scale: Granite District is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Utah districts (61,197 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
- 78th percentile for Utah
- 82nd percentile nationally
- 29% 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.
- Granite District ranks #9 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #25 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank
- +29.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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How the salary estimate is built
FY2023 teacher salary expenditure
$238,237,000 ÷ 2743.60 reported teacher FTE = $86,834
- Regular program $139,875,000 · 58.7%
- Special education $25,642,000 · 10.8%
- Vocational programs $8,951,000 · 3.8%
- Other programs $63,769,000 · 26.8%
These NCES F-33 program totals make up the numerator of the district-level average; they do not describe an individual teacher's pay or contract.
Instructional payroll mix vs Utah median
Among 41 Utah districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Granite District's instructional payroll puts 26.8% into other programs , 2.6 points above the state median of 24.2%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | Granite District | UT median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 58.7% | 59.7% | -1.0 pp |
| Special education | 10.8% | 10.0% | +0.7 pp |
| Vocational programs | 3.8% | 5.4% | -1.6 pp |
| Other programs | 26.8% | 24.2% | +2.6 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 4900360 · FY2023.
LEAID 4900360 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Granite District F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $86,834 estimated average teacher salary · P78 in Utah · P82 nationally · 29% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Canyons (+$1,224est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Granite District
Salary neighbourhood · Granite District
Granite District 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).
- Tintic · low pole
Tintic · low pole
$58,704 est. salary
- Logan · near
Logan · near
$84,858 est. salary
- Granite
Granite · this district
$86,834 est. salary
- Canyons · near
Canyons · near
$88,058 est. salary
- North · near
North · near
$88,282 est. salary
- Park · top pay
Park · top pay
$99,684 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Granite District
Granite District's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$86,834 Top 18% higher than 82% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Granite 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)
- Park City District
Park City District
$99,684 est. avg salary
- Granite District
Granite District
$86,834 est. avg salary
What this shows Granite District ranks #9 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #25 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Granite District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Park City District
Park City District
$31,518 per pupil
- Granite District
Granite District
$13,428 per pupil
What this shows Park City District leads spending at $31,518 per pupil; Park City District leads pay.
What stands out about Granite District
- Enrolment fell from 66,767 to 61,197 students (8.3% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
- With 61,197 students, it is the 64th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
- Its total annual revenue of $809M puts it among just 114 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 Granite District
Granite District enrolls 61,197 students (0.13% 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 $809M, putting it among 114 districts at this budget scale or larger.
Reported teacher FTE is 2,744, about 22.3 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 6 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 81st 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 Granite District among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.
Instructional salaries take 29% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County · Tennessee | 60,609 | $61,264 | $762M |
| Elk Grove Unified · California | 61,886 | $117,022 | $1.23B |
| Aldine ISD · Texas | 60,074 | $54,820 | $1.04B |
| Douglas County School District No. Re 1 · Colorado | 62,341 | $78,029 | $951M |
| Jordan District · Utah | 59,421 | $78,196 | $676M |
This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests
- Nominal district estimate
- $86,833.722
- Utah price level
- 95.7 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $90,720
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+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 Granite District
What the Numbers Say About Granite District
Granite District is a large urban school district in Utah, serving 61,197 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,428. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $86,834, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4900360 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Utah statewide average of $79,346, teacher pay in Granite District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 9.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (23.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Utah, it pays more than 78% 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, Granite District reports $821.8M in total expenditure against $808.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $139.9M, special-education teacher pay is $25.6M.
How does Granite District compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Utah average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Granite District pays -2.4% less than Alpine District · per-pupil $13,428 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
Canyons District is Granite 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.
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
Out-of-state districts near Granite District's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Granite District: closest on enrollment (61,197 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($86,834 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Granite 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 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% 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. Granite District sits in the upper quarter of that field at 9 of 37, nearer the ceiling than the floor. 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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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 Granite District
What is the average teacher salary in Granite District?
The average teacher salary in Granite District is $86,834 (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 Granite District teacher pay compare to the Utah average?
Granite District pays 9.4% more than the Utah state average of $79,346. The district's average is $86,834.
How does Granite District teacher pay compare to the national average?
Granite District pays 23.6% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $86,834.
What is the per-pupil spending in Granite District?
Granite District spends approximately $13,428 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Granite District's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 29% of Granite District's total expenditure of $821.8M (NCES FY2023).
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