The median salary for a teacher in SF seems to be ~$70k +/- $9k [0], so about half you guess. Which, I mean, how the heck are they living anywhere near SF on th

The median salary for a teacher in SF seems to be ~$70k +/- $9k [0], so about half you guess. Which, I mean, how the heck are they living anywhere near SF on that salary? Jeeze Louise... A better breakdown of the '21-'22 budget for SFUSD seems to be here: [1]. Numbers in () are a per student number Federal Revenue: $48,915,000 ($926) Local Revenue: $667,062,000 ($12,631) State Revenue: $455,213,000 ($8,620) Instructional Expenditures: $503,371,000 ($9,532) Student and Staff Support: $193,984,000 ($3,673) Administration: $104,612,000 ($1,981) Operations, Food Service, other: $103,178,000 ($1,954) Construction: $190,399,000 ($3,605) Student/Teacher Ratio: 19.32 Total $ per student seems to be ~$22k, the ratio is just under 20:1, and construction is just under 20%, so your guesses were pretty good! The site has more info, but one thing to notice is that the expenditures add up to more than the revenues. As in, SFUSD is in debt at ~$6 per student. Play with the numbers yourself (please also find another source of data). In the end, it seems SFUSD is not doing all that well if it's only paying teachers ~$70k, is still running a deficit, and has revenues of ~$1.1B per year. Something seems strange about all those numbers. [0] https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/public-school-teacher-salary/san-francisco-ca https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/public-scho... [1] https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?ID2=0634410 https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?I...