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School district · Arizona · LEAID 0405190

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (1,186 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$78,020
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$10,994
Per-pupil spending
1,186
Students enrolled
92nd
Pct. in AZ
$78,020

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (1,186 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $78,020, above the national average of $70,245, serving 1,186 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arizona districts (1,186 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 92nd percentile for Arizona
  • 71st percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Arizona ranks #29 of 49 on the salary estimate and #16 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) ranks #12 of 152 Arizona districts by estimated teacher salary and #142 of 152 by per-pupil spending. Safford Unified District (4218) pay #1 at $99,366 is not Red Mesa Unified District (4159) spending #1 at $38,950 per pupil
  • -8.9% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Arizona median

Among 213 Arizona districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'s instructional payroll puts 89.5% into regular program , 5.6 points above the state median of 84.0%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Arizona district.

Program Mohave Valley AZ median Gap
Regular program 89.5% 84.0% +5.6 pp
Special education 10.5% 10.8% -0.3 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 1.7% -1.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 213 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0405190 · FY2023.

LEAID 0405190 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Mohave Valley F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +22% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P92 in state RANK-NAT-MID P71 national PPE-LOW $11K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,186 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Casa FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $78,020 estimated average teacher salary · P92 in Arizona · P71 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Yuma (+$216est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Mohave Valley

Salary neighbourhood · Mohave Valley

Mohave Valley 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).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Mohave Valley

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'s estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$78,020 Top 29% higher than 71% 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%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Mohave Valley in Arizona's upper-third pay band

Same 152 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) ranks #12 of 152 Arizona districts by estimated teacher salary and #142 of 152 by per-pupil spending. Safford Unified District (4218) pay #1 at $99,366 is not Red Mesa Unified District (4159) spending #1 at $38,950 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Red Mesa Unified District (4159) leads spending at $38,950 per pupil; Safford Unified District (4218) leads pay.

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

What stands out about Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -8.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Arizona's statewide +25.8% by 34.7 points, a growth rate faster than 7% of the 199 Arizona districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 14.4% here, from 1,037 students in FY2019 to 1,186 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.

Arizona sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$78,020

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Arizona price level
100.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$77,445

-1% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Arizona 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 Arizona 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 Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)

What the Numbers Say About Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is a small school district in Arizona, serving 1,186 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $10,994. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $78,020, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0405190 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arizona statewide average of $63,921, teacher pay in Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 22.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arizona, it pays more than 92% of them. Arizona itself ranks #29 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) reports $13.0M in total expenditure against $15.3M 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 $3.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.4M.

How does Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) compare?

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

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) $78,020
Mesa Unified District (4235) $67,420
Arizona avg $63,921
National avg $70,245

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) pays +15.7% more than Mesa Unified District (4235) · per-pupil $10,994 vs $14,903

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 Arizona districts

On pay, Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) sits closest to Casa Grande Union High School District (4453); on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Pima Unified District (4220). 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. Casa Grande Union High School District (4453)
  2. Beaver Creek Elementary District (4481)
  3. Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396)
  4. Coolidge Unified District (4442)
  5. Round Valley Unified District (4155)
  6. Murphy Elementary District (4265)
  7. Mingus Union High School District (4488)
  8. Window Rock Unified District (4154)
  9. Palo Verde Elementary District (4275)
  10. Sanders Unified District (4156)
  11. Baboquivari Unified School District #40 (4412)
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Pima Unified District (4220)
  2. Liberty Elementary District (4266)
  3. Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary District (4486)
  4. Camp Verde Unified District (4470)
  5. J O Combs Unified School District (4445)
  6. Cave Creek Unified District (4244)
  7. Toltec School District (4450)
  8. Prescott Unified District (4466)
  9. Globe Unified District (4208)
  10. Colorado River Union High School District (4381)
  11. Snowflake Unified District (4391)

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'s smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379): closest on enrollment (1,186 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($78,020 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

$15.3M
Total Revenue
$13.0M
Total Expenditure
$4.5M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.5M
Regular Program
$0.4M
Special Education

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 2 programs in Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379): the regular program and special education. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs and other programs. Together they are 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Arizona Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Arizona districts belongs to Safford Unified District (4218) at $99,366. Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) sits in the upper quarter of that field at 11 of 128, nearer the ceiling than the floor. On BEA's price parity Arizona sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Virginia and Colorado are its nearest price peers.

View all Arizona districts →

Other Arizona Districts

Smaller-district sample from 153 Arizona peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Ganado Unified School District (4157)
$66,958
1,138 students
Mingus Union High School District (4488)
$72,217
1,235 students
Wickenburg Unified District (4236)
$57,735
1,244 students
Toltec School District (4450)
$67,960
1,106 students
Pima Unified District (4220)
$69,619
1,096 students
Willcox Unified District (4170)
$58,780
1,056 students

This is a sample of 6 from 153 Arizona districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)
What is the average teacher salary in Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)?

The average teacher salary in Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) is $78,020 (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 Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) teacher pay compare to the Arizona average?

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) pays 22.1% more than the Arizona state average of $63,921. The district's average is $78,020.

How does Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) teacher pay compare to the national average?

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) pays 11.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $78,020.

What is the per-pupil spending in Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)?

Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379) spends approximately $10,994 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'s budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'s total expenditure of $13.0M (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. Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)'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.