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School district · Texas · LEAID 4827870

Lockhart ISD

Lockhart ISD sits in the lowest third of Texas districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,532 (above only 45% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Lockhart ISD come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,532
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$12,244
Per-pupil spending
6,443
Students enrolled
45th
Pct. in TX
$50,532

Lockhart ISD sits in the lowest third of Texas districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,532 (above only 45% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,532, below the national average of $70,245, serving 6,443 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Lockhart ISD sits in the lowest third of Texas districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,532 (above only 45% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 45th percentile for Texas
  • 16th percentile nationally
  • 39% 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.
  • Lockhart ISD ranks #488 of 888 Texas districts by estimated teacher salary and #838 of 888 by per-pupil spending. Huntington ISD pay #1 at $96,219 is not Palacios ISD spending #1 at $62,904 per pupil
  • +6.8% 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, Lockhart ISD's instructional payroll puts 62.0% into regular program , 13.4 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 Lockhart ISD TX median Gap
Regular program 62.0% 75.4% -13.4 pp
Special education 15.5% 8.1% +7.4 pp
Vocational programs 5.9% 7.0% -1.2 pp
Other programs 16.6% 8.3% +8.3 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 4827870 · FY2023.

LEAID 4827870 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Lockhart ISD F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P45 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P16 national PPE-LOW $12K/pupil ENR-MID 6,443 students INSTR-MID 39% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Kingsville FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,532 estimated average teacher salary · P45 in Texas · P16 nationally · 39% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Ector (+$531est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Lockhart ISD

Salary neighbourhood · Lockhart ISD

Lockhart 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 Lockhart ISD

Lockhart ISD's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,532 16th percentile higher than 16% 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. Lockhart 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

Lockhart 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 Lockhart ISD ranks #488 of 888 Texas districts by estimated teacher salary and #838 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

Lockhart 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 Lockhart ISD

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +6.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Texas's statewide +10.1% by 3.4 points, a growth rate faster than 31% of the 1,015 Texas districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.3% here, from 6,118 students in FY2019 to 6,443 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
$50,531.561

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
$52,019

+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 Lockhart ISD

What the Numbers Say About Lockhart ISD

Lockhart ISD is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Texas, serving 6,443 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,244. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,532, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4827870 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Texas statewide average of $51,478, teacher pay in Lockhart ISD runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (28.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Texas, it pays more than 45% 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, Lockhart ISD reports $78.9M in total expenditure against $83.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 39% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $12.7M, special-education teacher pay is $3.2M.

How does Lockhart ISD compare?

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

Lockhart ISD $50,532
Houston ISD $60,017
Texas avg $51,478
National avg $70,245

Lockhart ISD pays -15.8% less than Houston ISD · per-pupil $12,244 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, Lockhart ISD sits closest to Kingsville ISD; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Dayton 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. Kingsville ISD
  2. Carrizo Springs CISD
  3. Ponder ISD
  4. Aransas Pass ISD
  5. Wylie ISD
  6. Carthage ISD
  7. Sealy ISD
  8. Pleasant Grove ISD
  9. Peaster ISD
  10. Lubbock-cooper ISD
  11. La Vega ISD
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Dayton ISD
  2. Springtown ISD
  3. Orange Grove ISD
  4. Needville ISD
  5. Brock ISD
  6. Spring Hill ISD
  7. Red Oak ISD
  8. Burleson ISD
  9. Whitehouse ISD
  10. Bowie ISD
  11. Decatur ISD

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

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

Two out-of-state peer sets for Lockhart ISD: closest on enrollment (6,443 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,532 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

$83.4M
Total Revenue
$78.9M
Total Expenditure
$31.1M
Instruction Salaries
39% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$12.7M
Regular Program
$3.2M
Special Education
$1.2M
Vocational
$3.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Lockhart 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 66% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 34% 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. Lockhart ISD places 434 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.

Greenville ISD
$40,353
5,422 students
Wylie ISD
$50,655
5,419 students
Elgin ISD
$45,042
5,404 students
Everman ISD
$63,869
5,354 students
Port Neches-groves ISD
$57,598
5,242 students
Terrell ISD
$49,146
5,208 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 Lockhart ISD
What is the average teacher salary in Lockhart ISD?

The average teacher salary in Lockhart ISD is $50,532 (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 Lockhart ISD teacher pay compare to the Texas average?

Lockhart ISD pays 1.8% less than the Texas state average of $51,478. The district's average is $50,532.

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

Lockhart ISD pays 28.1% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,532.

What is the per-pupil spending in Lockhart ISD?

Lockhart ISD spends approximately $12,244 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 39% of Lockhart ISD's total expenditure of $78.9M (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. Lockhart 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.