Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87

What the Numbers Say About Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87

Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 is a small school district in Vermont, serving 1,369 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,696. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $57,644, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5000434 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Vermont statewide average of $112,556, teacher pay in Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 runs materially below the state benchmark — a 48.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (30.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Vermont, it pays more than 0% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 reports $22.9M in total expenditure against $23.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 23% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $5.2M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.