Pendleton SD 16

What the Numbers Say About Pendleton SD 16

Pendleton SD 16 is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Oregon, serving 2,946 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,450. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $76,889, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4109510 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Oregon statewide average of $76,777, teacher pay in Pendleton SD 16 runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (6.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Oregon, it pays more than 51% 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, Pendleton SD 16 reports $45.5M in total expenditure against $49.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $10.9M, special-education teacher pay is $1.3M. 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.