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School district · Pennsylvania · LEAID 4219050

Phoenixville Area SD

Phoenixville Area SD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Pennsylvania districts (4,036 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Phoenixville Area SD come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$90,452
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$24,936
Per-pupil spending
4,036
Students enrolled
74th
Pct. in PA
$90,452

Phoenixville Area SD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Pennsylvania districts (4,036 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $90,452, above the national average of $70,245, serving 4,036 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Phoenixville Area SD is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Pennsylvania districts (4,036 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 74th percentile for Pennsylvania
  • 85th percentile nationally
  • 28% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Pennsylvania ranks #11 of 49 on the salary estimate and #6 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Phoenixville Area SD ranks #130 of 505 Pennsylvania districts by estimated teacher salary and #149 of 505 by per-pupil spending. Farrell Area SD pay #1 at $144,913 is not Wilkinsburg Borough SD spending #1 at $61,501 per pupil
  • +7.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Pennsylvania median

Among 520 Pennsylvania districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Phoenixville Area SD's instructional payroll puts 5.9% into other programs , 2.2 points above the state median of 3.7%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Phoenixville Area PA median Gap
Regular program 75.7% 75.1% +0.6 pp
Special education 18.4% 18.8% -0.5 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 1.3% -1.3 pp
Other programs 5.9% 3.7% +2.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 520 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4219050 · FY2023.

LEAID 4219050 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Phoenixville Area F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +10% vs state RANK-ST-MID P74 in state RANK-NAT-MID P85 national PPE-HIGH $25K/pupil ENR-MID 4,036 students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Southeast FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $90,452 estimated average teacher salary · P74 in Pennsylvania · P85 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Pittsburgh (+$279est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Phoenixville Area

Salary neighbourhood · Phoenixville Area

Phoenixville Area 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 Phoenixville Area

Phoenixville Area SD's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$90,452 Top 15% higher than 85% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Phoenixville Area SD $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

What stands out about Phoenixville Area SD

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +7.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Pennsylvania's statewide +14.1% by 7.0 points, a growth rate faster than 19% of the 469 Pennsylvania districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

Pennsylvania sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$90,451.654

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Pennsylvania price level
97.4 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$92,866

+3% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Phoenixville Area SD

What the Numbers Say About Phoenixville Area SD

Phoenixville Area SD is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Pennsylvania, serving 4,036 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,936. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $90,452, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4219050 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Pennsylvania statewide average of $82,070, teacher pay in Phoenixville Area SD runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 10.2% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (28.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Pennsylvania, it pays more than 74% of them. Pennsylvania itself ranks #11 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Phoenixville Area SD reports $100.6M in total expenditure against $115.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $21.5M, special-education teacher pay is $5.2M.

How does Phoenixville Area SD compare?

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

Phoenixville Area SD $90,452
Philadelphia City SD $74,421
Pennsylvania avg $82,070
National avg $70,245

Phoenixville Area SD pays +21.5% more than Philadelphia City SD · per-pupil $24,936 vs $38,060

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 Pennsylvania districts

On pay, Phoenixville Area SD sits closest to Southeast Delco SD; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Keystone Central SD. 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. Southeast Delco SD
  2. Pleasant Valley SD
  3. Athens Area SD
  4. Blackhawk SD
  5. Northeastern York SD
  6. Spring Grove Area SD
  7. Norwin SD
  8. Cocalico SD
  9. Wyoming Valley West SD
  10. Daniel Boone Area SD
  11. Delaware Valley SD
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Keystone Central SD
  2. Shaler Area SD
  3. West Mifflin Area SD
  4. New Brighton Area SD
  5. Armstrong SD
  6. Girard SD
  7. Warrior Run SD
  8. Lampeter-Strasburg SD
  9. Apollo-Ridge SD
  10. Montour SD
  11. Garnet Valley SD

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Phoenixville Area SD's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Phoenixville Area SD: closest on enrollment (4,036 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($90,452 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

$115.5M
Total Revenue
$100.6M
Total Expenditure
$28.4M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$21.5M
Regular Program
$5.2M
Special Education
$1.7M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Phoenixville Area SD: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Pennsylvania Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Pennsylvania districts belongs to Farrell Area SD at $144,913. Phoenixville Area SD places 130 of 485 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Pennsylvania sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Vermont and Texas are its nearest price peers.

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Other Pennsylvania Districts

Smaller-district sample from 505 Pennsylvania peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Cheltenham SD
$114,055
4,225 students
Hatboro-Horsham SD
$92,843
4,234 students
Muhlenberg SD
$82,292
4,245 students
Shaler Area SD
$98,768
3,823 students
Unionville-Chadds Ford SD
$103,463
3,815 students
Marple Newtown SD
$85,634
3,791 students

This is a sample of 6 from 505 Pennsylvania districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Phoenixville Area SD
What is the average teacher salary in Phoenixville Area SD?

The average teacher salary in Phoenixville Area SD is $90,452 (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 Phoenixville Area SD teacher pay compare to the Pennsylvania average?

Phoenixville Area SD pays 10.2% more than the Pennsylvania state average of $82,070. The district's average is $90,452.

How does Phoenixville Area SD teacher pay compare to the national average?

Phoenixville Area SD pays 28.8% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $90,452.

What is the per-pupil spending in Phoenixville Area SD?

Phoenixville Area SD spends approximately $24,936 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Phoenixville Area SD's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Phoenixville Area SD's total expenditure of $100.6M (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. Phoenixville Area SD'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.