Washington County

What the Numbers Say About Washington County

Washington County is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Alabama, serving 2,583 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,127. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $62,294, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0103480 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Alabama statewide average of $61,835, teacher pay in Washington County runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (24.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Alabama, it pays more than 46% 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, Washington County reports $31.3M in total expenditure against $32.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $7.2M, special-education teacher pay is $1.0M. 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.