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Queen Creek Unified District (4245)

Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s estimated average teacher salary is $63,250 against a Arizona statewide mean of $63,921. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Queen Creek Unified District (4245) come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$63,250
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$13,053
Per-pupil spending
13,205
Students enrolled
53rd
Pct. in AZ
$63,250

Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s estimated average teacher salary is $63,250 against a Arizona statewide mean of $63,921. Estimated average teacher salary is $63,250, below the national average of $70,245, serving 13,205 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Mid-pack pay posture: Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s estimated average teacher salary is $63,250 against a Arizona statewide mean of $63,921.
  • 53rd percentile for Arizona
  • 44th percentile nationally
  • 28% 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.
  • Queen Creek Unified District (4245) ranks #71 of 152 Arizona districts by estimated teacher salary and #97 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
  • +10.5% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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LEAID 0406810 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Queen Creek F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P53 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P44 national PPE-LOW $13K/pupil ENR-LARGE 13.2K students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Scottsdale FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $63,250 estimated average teacher salary · P53 in Arizona · P44 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Scottsdale ($32est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Queen Creek

Salary neighbourhood · Queen Creek

Queen Creek 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 Queen Creek

Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$63,250 44th percentile higher than 44% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. 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

What stands out about Queen Creek Unified District (4245)

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +10.5% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Arizona's statewide +25.8% by 15.3 points, a growth rate faster than 21% of the 199 Arizona districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 79.4% here, from 7,361 students in FY2019 to 13,205 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
$63,249.97

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
$62,784

-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 Queen Creek Unified District (4245)

What the Numbers Say About Queen Creek Unified District (4245)

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) is a mid-sized school district in Arizona, serving 13,205 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,053. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $63,250, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0406810 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arizona statewide average of $63,921, teacher pay in Queen Creek Unified District (4245) runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.0% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (10.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arizona, it pays more than 53% 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, Queen Creek Unified District (4245) reports $172.4M in total expenditure against $175.8M 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 $35.9M, special-education teacher pay is $4.8M.

How does Queen Creek Unified District (4245) compare?

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

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) $63,250
Mesa Unified District (4235) $67,420
Arizona avg $63,921
National avg $70,245

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) pays -6.2% less than Mesa Unified District (4235) · per-pupil $13,053 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, Queen Creek Unified District (4245) sits closest to Scottsdale Unified District (4240); on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Kyrene Elementary District (4267). 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. Scottsdale Unified District (4240)
  2. Crane Elementary District (4501)
  3. Madison Elementary District (4270)
  4. Nogales Unified District (4457)
  5. Humboldt Unified District (4469)
  6. Higley Unified School District (4248)
  7. Kingman Unified School District (79598)
  8. Washington Elementary School District (4260)
  9. Creighton Elementary District (4263)
  10. Peoria Unified School District (4237)
  11. Gilbert Unified District (4239)
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Kyrene Elementary District (4267)
  2. Glendale Elementary District (4271)
  3. Tolleson Union High School District (4288)
  4. Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (4458)
  5. Flowing Wells Unified District (4405)
  6. Maricopa Unified School District (4441)
  7. Buckeye Union High School District (4284)
  8. Deer Valley Unified District (4246)
  9. Tempe Union High School District (4287)
  10. Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)
  11. Casa Grande Elementary District (4446)

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Nationwide districts with profiles like Queen Creek

Two out-of-state peer sets for Queen Creek Unified District (4245): closest on enrollment (13,205 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($63,250 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

$175.8M
Total Revenue
$172.4M
Total Expenditure
$48.5M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$35.9M
Regular Program
$4.8M
Special Education
$1.3M
Vocational
$0.5M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Queen Creek Unified District (4245): the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. 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. Queen Creek Unified District (4245) places 58 of 128 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

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Other Arizona Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this Arizona sample (including Queen Creek). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

J O Combs Unified School District (4445)
$60,662
4,246 students
Casa Grande Union High School District (4453)
$79,375
4,002 students
Higley Unified School District (4248)
$64,700
12,882 students
Tolleson Union High School District (4288)
$82,860
13,741 students
Tempe Union High School District (4287)
$74,773
12,664 students
Marana Unified District (4404)
$58,766
12,627 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 Queen Creek Unified District (4245)
What is the average teacher salary in Queen Creek Unified District (4245)?

The average teacher salary in Queen Creek Unified District (4245) is $63,250 (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 Queen Creek Unified District (4245) teacher pay compare to the Arizona average?

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) pays 1.0% less than the Arizona state average of $63,921. The district's average is $63,250.

How does Queen Creek Unified District (4245) teacher pay compare to the national average?

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) pays 10.0% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $63,250.

What is the per-pupil spending in Queen Creek Unified District (4245)?

Queen Creek Unified District (4245) spends approximately $13,053 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'s total expenditure of $172.4M (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. Queen Creek Unified District (4245)'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.