Title: Arizona’s teacher salaries rank among the lowest – Arizona Capitol Times
Headings: Arizona’s teacher salaries rank among the lowest
Arizona’s teacher salaries rank among the lowest
Content: It’s also not great for those who stay in the profession, the study says, with median salaries for all Arizona teachers at No. 48, also measured against the cost of living. The pupil-to-teacher ratio, listed at 21.3 according to the National Center for Education Statistics, is worse than anywhere but Utah and California. And it compared with a national average of 16.7. And WalletHub cites NEA figures showing that Arizona spends only about $1,250 per state resident on education. Only Idaho comes in lower. About the only thing in the WalletHub rankings that kept Arizona from being lower than 46th overall is that there’s probably good job security here. The personal finance website figures that Arizona will have among the higher percentages of school-age population of all the states by 2030. More children equals more demand for teachers. Jill Gonzalez, a WalletHub staffer, said there’s a reason these statistics matter.