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Rock Hills

Rock Hills sits in the lowest third of Kansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $47,879 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Rock Hills come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$47,879
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$16,768
Per-pupil spending
380
Students enrolled
10th
Pct. in KS
$47,879

Rock Hills sits in the lowest third of Kansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $47,879 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $47,879, below the national average of $70,245, serving 380 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Rock Hills sits in the lowest third of Kansas districts on estimated teacher pay at $47,879 (above only 10% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 10th percentile for Kansas
  • 9th percentile nationally
  • 28% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Kansas ranks #37 of 49 on the salary estimate and #30 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Rock Hills ranks #225 of 249 Kansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 of 249 by per-pupil spending. Rock Creek pay #1 at $111,971 is not Moundridge spending #1 at $44,656 per pupil
  • +2.9% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Kansas median

Among 286 Kansas districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Rock Hills's instructional payroll puts 6.6% into vocational programs , 2.0 points above the state median of 4.6%. That heavier vocational share usually means career/technical programs claim more of the teacher-salary pool than at a typical Kansas peer.

Program Rock Hills KS median Gap
Regular program 93.4% 92.6% +0.7 pp
Vocational programs 6.6% 4.6% +2.0 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 286 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2000029 · FY2023.

LEAID 2000029 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Rock Hills F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -18% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P10 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P9 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-TINY 380 students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near St FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $47,879 estimated average teacher salary · P10 in Kansas · P9 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Wichita (+$997est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Rock Hills

Salary neighbourhood · Rock Hills

Rock Hills trails 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 Rock Hills

Rock Hills's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$47,879 9th percentile higher than 9% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $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. Rock Hills $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

Rock Hills in Kansas's lower-third pay band

Same 249 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Rock Hills ranks #225 of 249 Kansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 of 249 by per-pupil spending. Rock Creek pay #1 at $111,971 is not Moundridge spending #1 at $44,656 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Rock Hills is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Moundridge leads spending at $44,656 per pupil; Rock Creek leads pay.

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

What stands out about Rock Hills

  • It ranks in the bottom 10% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 9% of districts.
  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +2.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Kansas's statewide +15.7% by 12.8 points, a growth rate faster than 11% of the 279 Kansas districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 19.1% here, from 319 students in FY2019 to 380 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.
  • It is a very small district (380 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$47,878.788

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Kansas price level
89.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$53,253

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Kansas run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

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 Kansas 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 Rock Hills

What the Numbers Say About Rock Hills

Rock Hills is a small school district in Kansas, serving 380 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,768. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $47,879, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2000029 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Kansas statewide average of $58,516, teacher pay in Rock Hills runs materially below the state benchmark, a 18.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (31.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Kansas, it pays more than 10% of them. Kansas itself ranks #37 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Rock Hills reports $6.4M in total expenditure against $7.4M 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 $1.5M.

How does Rock Hills compare?

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

Rock Hills $47,879
Wichita $48,876
Kansas avg $58,516
National avg $70,245

Rock Hills pays -2.0% less than Wichita · per-pupil $16,768 vs $17,945

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 Kansas districts

On pay, Rock Hills sits closest to St Francis Comm Sch; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Valley Heights. 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. St Francis Comm Sch
  2. Prairie Hills
  3. North Jackson
  4. Lincoln
  5. Kinsley-Offerle
  6. Osborne County
  7. Silver Lake
  8. Barber County North
  9. LaCrosse
  10. Lyndon
  11. Central Heights
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Valley Heights
  2. Neodesha
  3. Republic County
  4. Conway Springs
  5. North Ottawa County
  6. Hodgeman County Schools
  7. Lincoln
  8. Ness City
  9. Morris County
  10. St Francis Comm Sch
  11. Uniontown

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Rock Hills's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Rock Hills: closest on enrollment (380 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($47,879 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

$7.4M
Total Revenue
$6.4M
Total Expenditure
$1.8M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.5M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Vocational

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 2 programs in Rock Hills: the regular program and vocational programs. It reports no separate figure for special education 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.

Kansas Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Kansas districts belongs to Rock Creek at $111,971. Placed 146 of 153, Rock Hills is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Kentucky and West Virginia are the states closest to Kansas on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Kansas districts →

Other Kansas Districts

Smaller-district sample from 248 Kansas peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Quinter Public Schools
$42,132
324 students
Jefferson County North
$54,450
440 students
Comanche County
$44,567
319 students
Erie-Galesburg
$64,126
443 students
Herington
$61,232
450 students
Smith Center
$66,336
453 students

This is a sample of 6 from 248 Kansas districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rock Hills
What is the average teacher salary in Rock Hills?

The average teacher salary in Rock Hills is $47,879 (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 Rock Hills teacher pay compare to the Kansas average?

Rock Hills pays 18.2% less than the Kansas state average of $58,516. The district's average is $47,879.

How does Rock Hills teacher pay compare to the national average?

Rock Hills pays 31.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $47,879.

What is the per-pupil spending in Rock Hills?

Rock Hills spends approximately $16,768 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Rock Hills's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Rock Hills's total expenditure of $6.4M (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. Rock Hills'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.