West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J

What the Numbers Say About West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J

West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Oregon, serving 9,121 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $22,169. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $79,185, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4113170 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Oregon statewide average of $76,777, teacher pay in West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 3.1% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (3.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Oregon, it pays more than 60% 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, West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J reports $202.2M in total expenditure against $168.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 24% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $34.3M, special-education teacher pay is $3.7M. 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.