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School district · Texas · LEAID 4827450

Liberty ISD

Liberty ISD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Texas districts (2,398 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Liberty ISD come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$51,469
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$13,507
Per-pupil spending
2,398
Students enrolled
51st
Pct. in TX
$51,469

Liberty ISD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Texas districts (2,398 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $51,469, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,398 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Liberty ISD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Texas districts (2,398 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 51st percentile for Texas
  • 18th percentile nationally
  • 37% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Texas ranks #44 of 49 on the salary estimate and #2 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Liberty ISD ranks #439 of 888 Texas districts by estimated teacher salary and #735 of 888 by per-pupil spending. Huntington ISD pay #1 at $96,219 is not Palacios ISD spending #1 at $62,904 per pupil
  • -1.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Texas median

Among 1,024 Texas districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Liberty ISD's instructional payroll puts 63.3% into regular program , 12.1 points below the state median of 75.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Liberty ISD TX median Gap
Regular program 63.3% 75.4% -12.1 pp
Special education 11.2% 8.1% +3.1 pp
Vocational programs 6.3% 7.0% -0.8 pp
Other programs 19.2% 8.3% +10.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 1,024 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4827450 · FY2023.

LEAID 4827450 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Liberty ISD F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P51 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P18 national PPE-LOW $14K/pupil ENR-SMALL 2,398 students INSTR-MID 37% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lytle FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $51,469 estimated average teacher salary · P51 in Texas · P18 nationally · 37% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Ector ($407est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Liberty ISD

Salary neighbourhood · Liberty ISD

Liberty ISD sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Liberty ISD

Liberty ISD's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$51,469 18th percentile higher than 18% 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. Liberty ISD $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

Liberty ISD in Texas's lower-third pay band

Same 888 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Liberty ISD ranks #439 of 888 Texas districts by estimated teacher salary and #735 of 888 by per-pupil spending. Huntington ISD pay #1 at $96,219 is not Palacios ISD spending #1 at $62,904 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Liberty ISD is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Palacios ISD leads spending at $62,904 per pupil; Huntington ISD leads pay.

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

What stands out about Liberty ISD

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -1.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Texas's statewide +10.1% by 11.1 points, a growth rate faster than 15% of the 1,015 Texas districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 7.7% here, from 2,227 students in FY2019 to 2,398 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

Texas sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$51,469.459

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Texas price level
97.1 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$52,985

+3% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Texas sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

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 Texas 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 Liberty ISD

What the Numbers Say About Liberty ISD

Liberty ISD is a small school district in Texas, serving 2,398 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,507. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $51,469, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4827450 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Texas statewide average of $51,478, teacher pay in Liberty ISD runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 0.0% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (26.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Texas, it pays more than 51% of them. Texas itself ranks #44 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Liberty ISD reports $32.4M in total expenditure against $34.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 37% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $4.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M.

How does Liberty ISD compare?

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

Liberty ISD $51,469
Houston ISD $60,017
Texas avg $51,478
National avg $70,245

Liberty ISD pays -14.2% less than Houston ISD · per-pupil $13,507 vs $16,112

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 Texas districts

On pay, Liberty ISD sits closest to Lytle ISD; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Pine Tree ISD. 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. Lytle ISD
  2. Edcouch-elsa ISD
  3. Smithville ISD
  4. Sherman ISD
  5. Hardin-jefferson ISD
  6. Brock ISD
  7. San Saba ISD
  8. Centerville ISD
  9. Krum ISD
  10. Valley Mills ISD
  11. Van Alstyne ISD
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Pine Tree ISD
  2. Childress ISD
  3. Millsap ISD
  4. Warren ISD
  5. Silsbee ISD
  6. Whitney ISD
  7. Gladewater ISD
  8. Columbus ISD
  9. Rains ISD
  10. Riesel ISD
  11. Buna ISD

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Liberty ISD's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Liberty ISD: closest on enrollment (2,398 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($51,469 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

$34.9M
Total Revenue
$32.4M
Total Expenditure
$11.9M
Instruction Salaries
37% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.7M
Regular Program
$0.8M
Special Education
$0.5M
Vocational
$1.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Liberty ISD: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 62% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 38% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Texas Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Texas districts belongs to Huntington ISD at $96,219. Liberty ISD places 389 of 708 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Texas sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Vermont and Pennsylvania are its nearest price peers.

View all Texas districts →

Other Texas Districts

Smaller-district sample from 902 Texas peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Levelland ISD
$42,063
2,691 students
Kingsville ISD
$50,516
2,694 students
Hardin-jefferson ISD
$51,602
2,697 students
Wimberley ISD
$57,471
2,700 students
Gatesville ISD
$47,836
2,708 students
Brock ISD
$51,642
2,085 students

This is a sample of 6 from 902 Texas districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty ISD
What is the average teacher salary in Liberty ISD?

The average teacher salary in Liberty ISD is $51,469 (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 Liberty ISD teacher pay compare to the Texas average?

Liberty ISD pays 0.0% less than the Texas state average of $51,478. The district's average is $51,469.

How does Liberty ISD teacher pay compare to the national average?

Liberty ISD pays 26.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $51,469.

What is the per-pupil spending in Liberty ISD?

Liberty ISD spends approximately $13,507 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Liberty ISD's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 37% of Liberty ISD's total expenditure of $32.4M (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. Liberty ISD'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.