Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7

What the Numbers Say About Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7

Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 is a small school district in Oregon, serving 1,608 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,416. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $79,813, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4108160 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Oregon statewide average of $76,777, teacher pay in Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 4.0% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (3.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Oregon, it pays more than 64% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 reports $29.6M in total expenditure against $29.1M 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 $4.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.4M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.