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Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Adams 12 Five Star Schools sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $89,579 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Adams 12 Five Star Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$89,579
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$16,447
Per-pupil spending
35,747
Students enrolled
96th
Pct. in CO
$89,579

Adams 12 Five Star Schools sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $89,579 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $89,579, above the national average of $70,245, serving 35,747 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Adams 12 Five Star Schools sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $89,579 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 96th percentile for Colorado
  • 84th percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Colorado ranks #28 of 49 on the salary estimate and #19 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Adams 12 Five Star Schools ranks #4 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #98 of 138 by per-pupil spending. Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J pay #1 at $105,729 is not Julesburg School District No. Re1 spending #1 at $59,313 per pupil
  • +32.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Colorado median

Among 181 Colorado districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Adams 12 Five Star Schools's instructional payroll puts 14.8% into special education , 6.6 points above the state median of 8.2%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Colorado peer.

Program Adams 12 CO median Gap
Regular program 76.7% 79.6% -3.0 pp
Special education 14.8% 8.2% +6.6 pp
Vocational programs 2.5% 5.8% -3.3 pp
Other programs 6.0% 4.1% +1.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 181 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0806900 · FY2023.

LEAID 0806900 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Adams 12 F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +39% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P96 in state RANK-NAT-MID P84 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-LARGE 35.7K students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Littleton FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $89,579 estimated average teacher salary · P96 in Colorado · P84 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Littleton ($674est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Adams 12

Salary neighbourhood · Adams 12

Adams 12 already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Adams 12

Adams 12 Five Star Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$89,579 Top 16% higher than 84% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Adams 12 Five Star Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Adams 12 in Colorado's upper-third pay band

Same 138 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Adams 12 Five Star Schools ranks #4 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #98 of 138 by per-pupil spending. Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J pay #1 at $105,729 is not Julesburg School District No. Re1 spending #1 at $59,313 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Julesburg School District No. Re1 leads spending at $59,313 per pupil; Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Adams 12 Five Star Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +32.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 6.6 points, a growth rate faster than 76% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 39,227 to 35,747 students (8.9% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$89,578.9

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Colorado price level
101.9 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$87,947

-2% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Colorado sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Colorado compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Adams 12 Five Star Schools

What the Numbers Say About Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is a mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 35,747 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,447. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $89,579, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0806900 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Adams 12 Five Star Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 39.0% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (27.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 96% of them. Colorado itself ranks #28 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Adams 12 Five Star Schools reports $587.9M in total expenditure against $638.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $138.4M, special-education teacher pay is $26.7M.

How does Adams 12 Five Star Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Colorado average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools $89,579
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Adams 12 Five Star Schools pays +5.4% more than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $16,447 vs $22,623

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Colorado districts

On pay, Adams 12 Five Star Schools sits closest to Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe
  2. School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
  3. Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
  4. Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
  5. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  6. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
  7. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  8. Douglas County School District No. Re 1
  9. Poudre School District R-1
  10. Thompson School District R-2J
  11. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
  2. Poudre School District R-1
  3. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
  4. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  5. School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
  6. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  7. Pueblo County School District 70
  8. School District 27J
  9. Douglas County School District No. Re 1
  10. Thompson School District R-2J
  11. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Adams 12 Five Star Schools's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Adams 12 Five Star Schools: closest on enrollment (35,747 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($89,579 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$638.0M
Total Revenue
$587.9M
Total Expenditure
$198.1M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$138.4M
Regular Program
$26.7M
Special Education
$4.6M
Vocational
$10.9M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Adams 12 Five Star Schools: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 91% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 9% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Colorado Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Colorado districts belongs to Aspen School District No. 1 in the county of Pitkin and Sta at $101,390. Adams 12 Five Star Schools sits in the upper quarter of that field at 4 of 93, nearer the ceiling than the floor. On BEA's price parity Colorado sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Rhode Island and Virginia are its nearest price peers.

View all Colorado districts →

Other Colorado Districts

Large-district sample from 140 Colorado peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan
$54,971
3,421 students
Fremont Re-1
$63,334
3,305 students
Weld County School District RE-3J
$64,056
2,785 students
Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2
$76,622
2,664 students
Weld re-8 schools
$65,899
2,522 students
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
$57,245
2,449 students

This is a sample of 6 from 140 Colorado districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Adams 12 Five Star Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Adams 12 Five Star Schools?

The average teacher salary in Adams 12 Five Star Schools is $89,579 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Adams 12 Five Star Schools teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Adams 12 Five Star Schools pays 39.0% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $89,579.

How does Adams 12 Five Star Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Adams 12 Five Star Schools pays 27.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $89,579.

What is the per-pupil spending in Adams 12 Five Star Schools?

Adams 12 Five Star Schools spends approximately $16,447 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Adams 12 Five Star Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Adams 12 Five Star Schools's total expenditure of $587.9M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Adams 12 Five Star Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.