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School district · South Carolina · LEAID 4503600

Spartanburg 05

Spartanburg 05 spends $25,466 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable South Carolina districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Spartanburg 05 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$65,300
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$25,466
Per-pupil spending
10,386
Students enrolled
61st
Pct. in SC
$65,300

Spartanburg 05 spends $25,466 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable South Carolina districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $65,300, below the national average of $70,245, serving 10,386 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • High per-pupil spending: Spartanburg 05 spends $25,466 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable South Carolina districts with a reliable figure.
  • 61st percentile for South Carolina
  • 49th percentile nationally
  • 18% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • South Carolina ranks #27 of 49 on the salary estimate and #23 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Spartanburg 05 ranks #27 of 69 South Carolina districts by estimated teacher salary and #4 of 69 by per-pupil spending. McCormick 01 pay #1 at $83,878 is not Lexington 03 spending #1 at $32,520 per pupil
  • +13.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs South Carolina median

Among 69 South Carolina districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Spartanburg 05's instructional payroll puts 80.0% into regular program , 5.2 points above the state median of 74.8%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median South Carolina district.

Program Spartanburg 05 SC median Gap
Regular program 80.0% 74.8% +5.2 pp
Special education 13.8% 15.4% -1.6 pp
Vocational programs 1.7% 3.6% -1.9 pp
Other programs 4.5% 5.6% -1.0 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 69 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4503600 · FY2023.

LEAID 4503600 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Spartanburg 05 F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P61 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P49 national PPE-HIGH $25K/pupil ENR-LARGE 10.4K students INSTR-LOW 18% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lexington FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $65,300 estimated average teacher salary · P61 in South Carolina · P49 nationally · 18% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lexington ($94est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Spartanburg 05

Salary neighbourhood · Spartanburg 05

Spartanburg 05 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 Spartanburg 05

Spartanburg 05's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$65,300 49th percentile higher than 49% 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%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Spartanburg 05 $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

What stands out about Spartanburg 05

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +13.7% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing South Carolina's statewide +21.3% by 7.6 points, a growth rate faster than 10% of the 67 South Carolina districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 18.0% here, from 8,802 students in FY2019 to 10,386 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.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $25,466 is among the highest in the nation.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$65,299.944

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

South Carolina price level
93.5 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$69,857

+7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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 Spartanburg 05

What the Numbers Say About Spartanburg 05

Spartanburg 05 is a mid-sized school district in South Carolina, serving 10,386 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $25,466. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,300, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4503600 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the South Carolina statewide average of $64,775, teacher pay in Spartanburg 05 runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 0.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (7.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Carolina, it pays more than 61% of them. South Carolina itself ranks #27 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Spartanburg 05 reports $264.5M in total expenditure against $176.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 18% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $37.4M, special-education teacher pay is $6.5M.

How does Spartanburg 05 compare?

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

Spartanburg 05 $65,300
Greenville 01 $66,760
South Carolina avg $64,775
National avg $70,245

Spartanburg 05 pays -2.2% less than Greenville 01 · per-pupil $25,466 vs $13,774

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 South Carolina districts

On pay, Spartanburg 05 sits closest to Lexington 01; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Beaufort 01. 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. Lexington 01
  2. Oconee 01
  3. Anderson 02
  4. Spartanburg 04
  5. York 01
  6. York 04
  7. Dorchester 02
  8. Spartanburg 03
  9. Lancaster 01
  10. Aiken 01
  11. Spartanburg 07
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Beaufort 01
  2. Williamsburg 01
  3. Spartanburg 07
  4. Richland 01
  5. Orangeburg
  6. Spartanburg 03
  7. Lexington 02
  8. Georgetown 01
  9. Darlington 01
  10. Abbeville 60
  11. Marlboro 01

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Nationwide districts with profiles like Spartanburg 05

Two out-of-state peer sets for Spartanburg 05: closest on enrollment (10,386 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,300 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

$176.7M
Total Revenue
$264.5M
Total Expenditure
$46.9M
Instruction Salaries
18% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$37.4M
Regular Program
$6.5M
Special Education
$0.8M
Vocational
$2.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Spartanburg 05: 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.

South Carolina Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized South Carolina districts belongs to McCormick 01 at $83,878. Spartanburg 05 places 27 of 69 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Wisconsin and Michigan are the states closest to South Carolina on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

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Other South Carolina Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this South Carolina sample (including Spartanburg 05). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

Oconee 01
$65,883
10,217 students
Anderson 01
$64,060
10,839 students
Orangeburg
$70,024
10,979 students
Kershaw 01
$62,236
11,138 students
York 02
$68,760
9,087 students
Spartanburg 06
$72,405
11,687 students

This is a sample of 6 from 68 South Carolina districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Spartanburg 05
What is the average teacher salary in Spartanburg 05?

The average teacher salary in Spartanburg 05 is $65,300 (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 Spartanburg 05 teacher pay compare to the South Carolina average?

Spartanburg 05 pays 0.8% more than the South Carolina state average of $64,775. The district's average is $65,300.

How does Spartanburg 05 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Spartanburg 05 pays 7.0% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,300.

What is the per-pupil spending in Spartanburg 05?

Spartanburg 05 spends approximately $25,466 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Spartanburg 05's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 18% of Spartanburg 05's total expenditure of $264.5M (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. Spartanburg 05'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.