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So. Conway Co. School District

So. Conway Co. School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arkansas districts (2,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for So. Conway Co. School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$42,432
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$13,345
Per-pupil spending
2,459
Students enrolled
48th
Pct. in AR
$42,432

So. Conway Co. School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arkansas districts (2,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $42,432, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,459 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: So. Conway Co. School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Arkansas districts (2,459 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 48th percentile for Arkansas
  • 2nd percentile nationally
  • 29% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Arkansas ranks #49 of 49 on the salary estimate and #32 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • So. Conway Co. School District ranks #103 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #130 of 199 by per-pupil spending. Fayetteville School District pay #1 at $73,997 is not Warren School District spending #1 at $31,095 per pupil
  • +3.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Arkansas median

Among 234 Arkansas districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, So. Conway Co. School District's instructional payroll puts 2.8% into vocational programs , 2.9 points below the state median of 5.7%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program So. Conway AR median Gap
Regular program 73.7% 73.6% +0.1 pp
Special education 11.4% 10.1% +1.3 pp
Vocational programs 2.8% 5.7% -2.9 pp
Other programs 12.1% 9.9% +2.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 234 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0512520 · FY2023.

LEAID 0512520 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

So. Conway F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P48 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P2 national PPE-LOW $13K/pupil ENR-SMALL 2,459 students INSTR-LOW 29% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Huntsville FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $42,432 estimated average teacher salary · P48 in Arkansas · P2 nationally · 29% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Jacksonville (+$1,092est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for So. Conway

Salary neighbourhood · So. Conway

So. Conway 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 So. Conway

So. Conway Co. School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$42,432 2nd percentile higher than 2% 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. 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

So. Conway in Arkansas's lower-third pay band

Same 199 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows So. Conway Co. School District ranks #103 of 199 Arkansas districts by estimated teacher salary and #130 of 199 by per-pupil spending. Fayetteville School District pay #1 at $73,997 is not Warren School District spending #1 at $31,095 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

So. Conway Co. School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Warren School District leads spending at $31,095 per pupil; Fayetteville School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about So. Conway Co. School District

  • It ranks in the bottom 5% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 2% of districts.
  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +3.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Arkansas's statewide +9.0% by 5.6 points, a growth rate faster than 18% of the 233 Arkansas districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.4% here, from 2,334 students in FY2019 to 2,459 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.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$42,432.117

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Arkansas price level
86.8 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$48,879

+15% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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 So. Conway Co. School District

What the Numbers Say About So. Conway Co. School District

So. Conway Co. School District is a small school district in Arkansas, serving 2,459 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,345. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $42,432, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0512520 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arkansas statewide average of $43,221, teacher pay in So. Conway Co. School District runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (39.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arkansas, it pays more than 48% of them. Arkansas itself ranks #49 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, So. Conway Co. School District reports $32.8M in total expenditure against $33.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $5.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.9M.

How does So. Conway Co. School District compare?

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

So. Conway Co. School District $42,432
Springdale School District $60,869
Arkansas avg $43,221
National avg $70,245

So. Conway Co. School District pays -30.3% less than Springdale School District · per-pupil $13,345 vs $15,771

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 Arkansas districts

On pay, So. Conway Co. School District sits closest to Huntsville School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Hackett School District. 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. Huntsville School District
  2. Mayflower School District
  3. Trumann School District
  4. Lincoln School District
  5. Farmington School District
  6. Booneville School District
  7. Highland School District
  8. Gosnell School District
  9. Dewitt School District
  10. Malvern School District
  11. Buffalo Is. Central Sch. Dist.
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Hackett School District
  2. Hoxie School District
  3. Lake Hamilton School District
  4. Berryville School District
  5. Gentry School District
  6. Greene Co. Tech School Dist.
  7. Buffalo Is. Central Sch. Dist.
  8. Ashdown School District
  9. Gravette School District
  10. White Hall School District
  11. Lamar School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near So. Conway Co. School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for So. Conway Co. School District: closest on enrollment (2,459 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($42,432 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

$33.8M
Total Revenue
$32.8M
Total Expenditure
$9.5M
Instruction Salaries
29% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$5.9M
Regular Program
$0.9M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$1.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in So. Conway Co. School District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 84% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 16% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Arkansas Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Arkansas districts belongs to Fayetteville School District at $73,997. So. Conway Co. School District places 101 of 201 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Mississippi and South Dakota are the states closest to Arkansas 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 Arkansas districts →

Other Arkansas Districts

Smaller-district sample from 198 Arkansas peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Pea Ridge School District
$53,445
2,494 students
Clarksville School District
$53,536
2,525 students
Huntsville School District
$42,525
2,339 students
Dequeen School District
$48,767
2,320 students
Hope School District
$31,032
2,263 students
Magnolia School District
$52,177
2,662 students

This is a sample of 6 from 198 Arkansas districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about So. Conway Co. School District
What is the average teacher salary in So. Conway Co. School District?

The average teacher salary in So. Conway Co. School District is $42,432 (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 So. Conway Co. School District teacher pay compare to the Arkansas average?

So. Conway Co. School District pays 1.8% less than the Arkansas state average of $43,221. The district's average is $42,432.

How does So. Conway Co. School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

So. Conway Co. School District pays 39.6% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $42,432.

What is the per-pupil spending in So. Conway Co. School District?

So. Conway Co. School District spends approximately $13,345 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of So. Conway Co. School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 29% of So. Conway Co. School District's total expenditure of $32.8M (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. So. Conway Co. School District'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.