Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an

What the Numbers Say About Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an

Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an is a mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 26,050 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,372. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $64,676, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0801920 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an runs materially below the state benchmark — a 11.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (21.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 32% 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, Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an reports $322.3M in total expenditure against $346.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $84.7M, special-education teacher pay is $9.1M. 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.