Every number on this site comes from one of these public records. Where a figure is our own calculation from these sources (a percentage change, or spending per student), we say so next to it.
Washington State Auditor’s Office
- Report No. 1037118: Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit, CVSD No. 356, FY2024 (Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024). Audited expenditures, fund balance, bonds, SEBB and child nutrition figures; Finding 2024-001; low-risk auditee status.
- Report No. 1035111: Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit, FY2023. Findings 2023-001 and 2023-002.
- Report No. 1021103: FY2017. Audited expenditures, fund balance, bonds; low-risk auditee, no findings.
Property taxes and assessed value
- Spokane County Assessor Annual Report, 2026: CVSD enrichment (operations) levy collected in 2026 ($45,956,569 at $2.495585) and 2025; CVSD taxable value ($18,414,802,292); voter-approved amounts for 2025–2027; county assessment history since 1974 (record $96,985,930,964 total assessed value, 2025 assessment).
- Spokane County Assessor Annual Report, 2025: CVSD M&O levy collected in 2024 ($33,336,491 at $1.897753) and 2025 ($44,097,100 at $2.448455).
- Spokane County Assessor Annual Report, 2024 and the 2025 and 2026 reports, “Consolidated Tax Code Area Levy Rates”: CVSD enrichment, bond and capital rates and state school levy Parts 1 and 2 for 2024–2026, used by the What It Costs You calculator.
- Spokane County Assessor SCOUT property information: each parcel’s taxable value by tax year and property tax billed, read by the calculator for the address you enter. Addresses are matched to parcels with Spokane County’s public geocoder.
- Spokane County Feb. 13, 2024 sample ballot: the current levy (Res. 23-10), estimated at $2.40 per $1,000 for 2025–2027.
Teacher pay and wages
- OSPI Personnel Summary Report 2025-26 (preliminary), Table 19: average teacher base salary by district (Central Valley $99,297; East Valley $96,992; Mead $96,749; Spokane $96,487; West Valley $93,557; Cheney $90,674).
- OSPI Personnel Summary Report 2023-24, Table 19: Central Valley average teacher base salary $93,745.
- Idaho EdNews: Coeur d’Alene School District average teacher salary, 2025-26 ($67,467).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Spokane County: average annual pay 2024 ($65,488) and 2025 ($68,949).
Central Valley School District
- Current CVSD Budget Information: General Fund budgets; 2025-26 salaries and benefits ($231,196,941, 85.1%); 2023-24 state funding model (724.5 FTE, $24,940 per FTE, $18,069,030); LEA match.
- Replacement Levy FAQ and Levy page: 2028–2030 levy amounts ($48,900,000; $50,550,000; $52,400,000) at an estimated maximum $2.50 per $1,000; athletics, performing arts and extracurriculars (about $5.8 million a year, 100% levy-funded).
- Join Our Teacher Team: 2024-25 salary schedule (BA+0: $52,545; top of schedule over $118,000).
Federal and state education data
- NCES Common Core of Data, Central Valley School District: enrollment; administrators (13 district-level, 54 school-level, 2023-24).
- OSPI Washington State Report Card, Central Valley School District: state assessment results.
- US News, Central Valley School District (OSPI data, 2021-24) and Niche, Central Valley School District (2023-24): reading and math proficiency; Central Valley High School math proficiency.
- Ballotpedia, Central Valley School District (archived versions): 2014-15 General Fund budget (OSPI F-195); 2013-14 CVEA salary schedule; 2012-13 superintendent salary.
News reporting
- Spokesman-Review, July 31, 2026: “A partially reluctant, tax-wary Central Valley School Board sends $152 million levy to November ballot”: levy amounts and rates; 2024 levy estimate and collections; board member quotes.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 4, 2026: “Despite wary board, Central Valley School District brings operations levy renewal to November ballot”: Shannon Johnston quotes.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 15, 2026: “Central Valley School Board passes resolution to cap levy rates”: levy rate; total school tax rate.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 6 and Sept. 7, 2018: contract deal reached; teachers approve contract. And KREM: “Central Valley School District approves new contract for teachers”: 2018 McCleary-era raises.
Salary databases
- GovSalaries, Central Valley School District: 2024 superintendent salary; average and median employee salary change, 2023 to 2024.
- Know Spokane: 2012-13 superintendent salary. [LINK NEEDED]
Elections
- Spokane County Elections, Current Election: ballot mailing dates and registration deadlines for Nov. 3, 2026.
- Spokane County Sample Ballot, Nov. 3, 2026: Central Valley School District No. 356 Proposition No. 1, Replacement of Expiring Educational Programs and Operations Levy (Resolution No. 26-13), with levy amounts and estimated rates.