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Harmony Grove School District

Harmony Grove School District sits in the lowest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $33,094 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Harmony Grove School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$33,094
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$12,754
Per-pupil spending
915
Students enrolled
10th
Pct. in AR
$33,094

Harmony Grove School District sits in the lowest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $33,094 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $33,094, below the national average of $70,245, serving 915 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Harmony Grove School District sits in the lowest third of Arkansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $33,094 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 10th percentile for Arkansas
  • 0th percentile nationally
  • 34% 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.
  • Harmony Grove School District ranks #179 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #152 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
  • +6.4% 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, Harmony Grove School District's instructional payroll puts 83.9% into regular program , 10.3 points above the state median of 73.6%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Arkansas district.

Program Harmony Grove AR median Gap
Regular program 83.9% 73.6% +10.3 pp
Special education 5.0% 10.1% -5.1 pp
Vocational programs 3.6% 5.7% -2.1 pp
Other programs 7.5% 9.9% -2.4 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 0507290 · FY2023.

LEAID 0507290 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Harmony Grove F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -23% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P10 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P0 national PPE-LOW $13K/pupil ENR-SMALL 915 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Corning FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $33,094 estimated average teacher salary · P10 in Arkansas · P0 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Beebe (+$7,868est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Harmony Grove

Salary neighbourhood · Harmony Grove

Harmony Grove 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Harmony Grove

Harmony Grove School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$33,094 0th percentile higher than 0% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Above this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $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

Harmony Grove in Arkansas's lower-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 Harmony Grove School District ranks #179 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #152 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

Harmony Grove 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

What stands out about Harmony Grove School District

  • It ranks in the bottom 5% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 0% of districts.
  • Enrolment fell from 985 to 915 students (7.1% 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.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$33,094.081

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
$38,122

+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 Harmony Grove School District

What the Numbers Say About Harmony Grove School District

Harmony Grove School District is a small school district in Arkansas, serving 915 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,754. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $33,094, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0507290 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arkansas statewide average of $43,221, teacher pay in Harmony Grove School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 23.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (52.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arkansas, it pays more than 10% 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, Harmony Grove School District reports $11.7M in total expenditure against $11.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $2.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Harmony Grove 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.

Harmony Grove School District $33,094
Springdale School District $60,869
Arkansas avg $43,221
National avg $70,245

Harmony Grove School District pays -45.6% less than Springdale School District · per-pupil $12,754 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, Harmony Grove School District sits closest to Corning School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Hamburg 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. Corning School District
  2. Cedar Ridge School District
  3. Lavaca School District
  4. Bald Knob School District
  5. Yellville-summit School Dist.
  6. Fouke School District
  7. Pangburn School District
  8. Foreman School District
  9. Pocahontas School District
  10. Parkers Chapel School Dist.
  11. Salem School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Hamburg School District
  2. Atkins School District
  3. Paragould School District
  4. Dardanelle School District
  5. Mayflower School District
  6. Melbourne School District
  7. Mansfield School District
  8. Waldron School District
  9. Dover School District
  10. Smackover School District
  11. Stuttgart School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Harmony Grove School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Harmony Grove School District: closest on enrollment (915 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($33,094 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

$11.8M
Total Revenue
$11.7M
Total Expenditure
$4.0M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.5M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Harmony Grove 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 75% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 25% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Arkansas Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Arkansas districts belongs to Fayetteville School District at $73,997. Placed 162 of 201, Harmony Grove School District is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing 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

Smaller-district sample from 198 Arkansas peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Bergman School District
$37,585
1,124 students
Junction City School District
$36,315
702 students
Flippin School District
$31,512
915 students
Perryville School District
$37,528
904 students
White Co. Central School Dist.
$40,421
899 students
Jackson Co. School District
$40,838
937 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 Harmony Grove School District
What is the average teacher salary in Harmony Grove School District?

The average teacher salary in Harmony Grove School District is $33,094 (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 Harmony Grove School District teacher pay compare to the Arkansas average?

Harmony Grove School District pays 23.4% less than the Arkansas state average of $43,221. The district's average is $33,094.

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

Harmony Grove School District pays 52.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $33,094.

What is the per-pupil spending in Harmony Grove School District?

Harmony Grove School District spends approximately $12,754 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Harmony Grove School District's total expenditure of $11.7M (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. Harmony Grove 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.