Westfield-Washington Schools

What the Numbers Say About Westfield-Washington Schools

Westfield-Washington Schools is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Indiana, serving 8,820 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,345. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $64,318, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1813080 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Indiana statewide average of $62,627, teacher pay in Westfield-Washington Schools runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 2.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (21.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Indiana, it pays more than 74% 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, Westfield-Washington Schools reports $135.3M in total expenditure against $143.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $24.3M, special-education teacher pay is $4.6M. 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.