Average Teacher Salary & Ratios
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Average Salaries
The following average teacher salary information is provided by the PVSchools Budget and Finance Department.
- Average salary of all teachers employed in fiscal year 2023 (budget year): $55,713
- Average salary of all teachers employed in fiscal year 2022 (prior year): $55,162
- Increase in average teacher salary from prior year: $551
- Percentage increase: 1%
(A.R.S. § 15-903E, Amended by Laws 2018, Ch.285, §10)
Proposed Staffing Ratios for Fiscal Year 2024
| Setting | Subsetting | Grade Level |
Student/Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Education | Kindergarten | 25:1 | |
| General Education | 1 | 28:1 | |
| General Education | 2 | 29:1 | |
| General Education | 3 | 30:1 | |
| General Education | 4 | 32:1 | |
| General Education | 5-6 | 33:1 | |
| General Education | 7-8 | 27:1 | |
| General Education | 9-12 | 29:1 | |
| Special Education | Structured Autism | K-12 | 6:1 |
| Special Education | Hybrid Cross-Cat | K-12 | 12:1 |
| Special Education | Cross-Cat | K-12 | 15:1 |
| Special Education | Resource | K-12 | 25:1 |
| Special Education | Level 1 Self-Contained | K-6 | 7.5:1 |
| Special Education | Level 1 Self-Contained | 7-12 | 9:1 |
| Special Education | Level 2 Self-Contained | K-12 | 6:1 |
| Special Education | Twice Exceptional | K-6 | 6:1 |
| Special Education | Pathways Level 1 | 12+ | 12:1 |
| Special Education | Pathways Level 2/3 | 12+ | 8:1 |
| Special Education | Pathways Level 3 | 12+ | 8:1 |