THOMAS-FAY-CUSTER UNIFIED DIST

What the Numbers Say About THOMAS-FAY-CUSTER UNIFIED DIST

THOMAS-FAY-CUSTER UNIFIED DIST is a small school district in Oklahoma, serving 474 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,285. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $70,380, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4000015 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Oklahoma statewide average of $55,183, teacher pay in THOMAS-FAY-CUSTER UNIFIED DIST runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 27.5% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (14.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Oklahoma, it pays more than 87% 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, THOMAS-FAY-CUSTER UNIFIED DIST reports $8.7M in total expenditure against $7.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 26% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M. 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.