School district · Pennsylvania · LEAID 4220760
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD sits in the lowest third of Pennsylvania districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,130 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Salisbury-Elk Lick SD come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $56,130
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $29,246
- Per-pupil spending
- 244
- Students enrolled
- 2nd
- Pct. in PA
Well below benchmark
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD sits in the lowest third of Pennsylvania districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,130 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $56,130, below the national average of $70,245, serving 244 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower-third pay in state: Salisbury-Elk Lick SD sits in the lowest third of Pennsylvania districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,130 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 2nd percentile for Pennsylvania
- 28th percentile nationally
- 25% 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.
- Salisbury-Elk Lick SD ranks #494 of 505 Pennsylvania districts by estimated teacher salary and #46 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
- +29.1% 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, Salisbury-Elk Lick SD's instructional payroll puts 7.9% into special education , 11.0 points below the state median of 18.8%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Pennsylvania district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.
| Program | Salisbury-Elk Lick | PA median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 83.9% | 75.1% | +8.8 pp |
| Special education | 7.9% | 18.8% | -11.0 pp |
| Vocational programs | 4.3% | 1.3% | +3.0 pp |
| Other programs | 3.9% | 3.7% | +0.2 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 4220760 · FY2023.
LEAID 4220760 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Salisbury-Elk Lick F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $56,130 estimated average teacher salary · P2 in Pennsylvania · P28 nationally · 25% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Altoona (+$14,615est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Salisbury-Elk Lick
Salary neighbourhood · Salisbury-Elk Lick
Salisbury-Elk Lick 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).
- Salisbury-Elk
Salisbury-Elk · this district · low pay
$56,130 est. salary
- Altoona · near
Altoona · near
$70,745 est. salary
- Philadelphia · near
Philadelphia · near
$74,421 est. salary
- Erie · near
Erie · near
$75,769 est. salary
- Lower · top pay
Lower · top pay
$130,841 est. salary
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National salary distribution for Salisbury-Elk Lick
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$56,130 28th percentile higher than 28% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Salisbury-Elk Lick in Pennsylvania's lower-third pay band
Same 505 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Farrell Area SD
Farrell Area SD
$144,913 est. avg salary
- Wilkinsburg Borough SD
Wilkinsburg Borough SD
$84,393 est. avg salary
- Salisbury-Elk Lick SD $56,130
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
$56,130 est. avg salary
What this shows Salisbury-Elk Lick SD ranks #494 of 505 Pennsylvania districts by estimated teacher salary and #46 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
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Wilkinsburg Borough SD
Wilkinsburg Borough SD
$61,501 per pupil
- Farrell Area SD
Farrell Area SD
$50,170 per pupil
- Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
$29,246 per pupil
What this shows Wilkinsburg Borough SD leads spending at $61,501 per pupil; Farrell Area SD leads pay.
What stands out about Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
- Estimated teacher pay here rose +29.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Pennsylvania's statewide +14.1% by 15.0 points, a growth rate faster than 96% of the 469 Pennsylvania districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment fell from 269 to 244 students (9.3% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
- It is a very small district (244 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.
- Its per-pupil spending of $29,246 is among the highest in the nation.
Pennsylvania sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $56,129.653
- Pennsylvania price level
- 97.4 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $57,628
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+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 Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
What the Numbers Say About Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD is a small school district in Pennsylvania, serving 244 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $29,246. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $56,130, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4220760 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Pennsylvania statewide average of $82,070, teacher pay in Salisbury-Elk Lick SD runs materially below the state benchmark, a 31.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (20.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Pennsylvania, it pays more than 2% 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, Salisbury-Elk Lick SD reports $7.1M in total expenditure against $7.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 25% 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, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.
How does Salisbury-Elk Lick SD compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Pennsylvania average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD pays -24.6% less than Philadelphia City SD · per-pupil $29,246 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, Salisbury-Elk Lick SD sits closest to Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Sullivan County 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.
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
Out-of-state districts near Salisbury-Elk Lick SD's smaller enrollment
Two out-of-state peer sets for Salisbury-Elk Lick SD: closest on enrollment (244 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($56,130 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Salisbury-Elk Lick SD: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. 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. Placed 478 of 486, Salisbury-Elk Lick SD is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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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Smaller-district sample from 505 Pennsylvania peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.
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 Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
What is the average teacher salary in Salisbury-Elk Lick SD?
The average teacher salary in Salisbury-Elk Lick SD is $56,130 (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 Salisbury-Elk Lick SD teacher pay compare to the Pennsylvania average?
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD pays 31.6% less than the Pennsylvania state average of $82,070. The district's average is $56,130.
How does Salisbury-Elk Lick SD teacher pay compare to the national average?
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD pays 20.1% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $56,130.
What is the per-pupil spending in Salisbury-Elk Lick SD?
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD spends approximately $29,246 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Salisbury-Elk Lick SD's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 25% of Salisbury-Elk Lick SD's total expenditure of $7.1M (NCES FY2023).
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