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School district · Kansas · LEAID 2009320

Royal Valley

Royal Valley is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Kansas districts (854 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Royal Valley come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$55,342
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$16,444
Per-pupil spending
854
Students enrolled
35th
Pct. in KS
$55,342

Royal Valley is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Kansas districts (854 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $55,342, below the national average of $70,245, serving 854 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Royal Valley is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Kansas districts (854 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 35th percentile for Kansas
  • 26th percentile nationally
  • 32% 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.
  • Royal Valley ranks #163 of 249 Kansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #138 of 249 by per-pupil spending. Rock Creek pay #1 at $111,971 is not Moundridge spending #1 at $44,656 per pupil
  • +20.2% 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, Royal Valley's instructional payroll puts 3.2% into special education , 3.2 points above the state median of 0.0%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Kansas peer.

Program Royal Valley KS median Gap
Regular program 91.8% 92.6% -0.8 pp
Special education 3.2% 0.0% +3.2 pp
Vocational programs 4.2% 4.6% -0.5 pp
Other programs 0.8% 0.1% +0.8 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 2009320 · FY2023.

LEAID 2009320 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Royal Valley F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -5% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P35 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P26 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-SMALL 854 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Inman FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $55,342 estimated average teacher salary · P35 in Kansas · P26 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Garden ($79est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Royal Valley

Salary neighbourhood · Royal Valley

Royal Valley 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 Royal Valley

Royal Valley's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$55,342 26th percentile higher than 26% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Royal Valley $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

Royal Valley 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 Royal Valley ranks #163 of 249 Kansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #138 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

Royal Valley 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 Royal Valley

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +20.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Kansas's statewide +15.7% by 4.5 points, a growth rate faster than 66% of the 279 Kansas districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$55,342.105

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
$61,554

+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 Royal Valley

What the Numbers Say About Royal Valley

Royal Valley is a small school district in Kansas, serving 854 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,444. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $55,342, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2009320 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Kansas statewide average of $58,516, teacher pay in Royal Valley runs materially below the state benchmark, a 5.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (21.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Kansas, it pays more than 35% 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, Royal Valley reports $14.0M in total expenditure against $14.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Royal Valley compare?

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

Royal Valley $55,342
Wichita $48,876
Kansas avg $58,516
National avg $70,245

Royal Valley pays +13.2% more than Wichita · per-pupil $16,444 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, Royal Valley sits closest to Inman; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Hiawatha. 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. Inman
  2. Centre
  3. Halstead
  4. Bluestem
  5. Colby Public Schools
  6. Washington Co. Schools
  7. Goodland
  8. Fairfield
  9. Canton-Galva
  10. Flinthills
  11. Phillipsburg
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Hiawatha
  2. Canton-Galva
  3. Barber County North
  4. Haven Public Schools
  5. Frontenac Public Schools
  6. Spearville
  7. Oswego
  8. Baxter Springs
  9. Kaw Valley
  10. Louisburg
  11. Crest

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Royal Valley's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Royal Valley: closest on enrollment (854 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($55,342 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

$14.5M
Total Revenue
$14.0M
Total Expenditure
$4.5M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.9M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Royal Valley: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 93% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 7% 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. Royal Valley places 113 of 152 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

Russell County
$51,494
778 students
Goodland
$55,092
931 students
Neodesha
$53,011
776 students
Perry Public Schools
$57,918
775 students
Nemaha Central
$60,062
774 students
Hoisington
$57,526
773 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 Royal Valley
What is the average teacher salary in Royal Valley?

The average teacher salary in Royal Valley is $55,342 (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 Royal Valley teacher pay compare to the Kansas average?

Royal Valley pays 5.4% less than the Kansas state average of $58,516. The district's average is $55,342.

How does Royal Valley teacher pay compare to the national average?

Royal Valley pays 21.2% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $55,342.

What is the per-pupil spending in Royal Valley?

Royal Valley spends approximately $16,444 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Royal Valley's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Royal Valley's total expenditure of $14.0M (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. Royal Valley'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.