West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)

What the Numbers Say About West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)

West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923) is a small school district in Arizona, serving 445 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $74,804. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $142,787, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0400615 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Arizona statewide average of $57,442, teacher pay in West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923) runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 148.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (73.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Arizona, it pays more than 99% 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-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923) reports $33.3M in total expenditure against $76.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 13% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. 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.