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Bennett School District No. 29J

Bennett School District No. 29J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,296 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Bennett School District No. 29J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$59,544
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$12,265
Per-pupil spending
1,296
Students enrolled
38th
Pct. in CO
$59,544

Bennett School District No. 29J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,296 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $59,544, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,296 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Bennett School District No. 29J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,296 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 38th percentile for Colorado
  • 36th percentile nationally
  • 31% 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.
  • Bennett School District No. 29J ranks #87 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #135 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
  • +31.4% 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, Bennett School District No. 29J's instructional payroll puts 11.3% into special education , 3.1 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 Bennett School CO median Gap
Regular program 77.9% 79.6% -1.7 pp
Special education 11.3% 8.2% +3.1 pp
Vocational programs 6.7% 5.8% +0.9 pp
Other programs 4.0% 4.1% -0.1 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 0802430 · FY2023.

LEAID 0802430 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Bennett School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -8% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P38 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P36 national PPE-LOW $12K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,296 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Rangely FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $59,544 estimated average teacher salary · P38 in Colorado · P36 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lewis-Palmer (+$900est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Bennett School

Salary neighbourhood · Bennett School

Bennett School sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Bennett School

Bennett School District No. 29J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$59,544 36th percentile higher than 36% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $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. This district $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

Bennett School in Colorado's lower-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 Bennett School District No. 29J ranks #87 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #135 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

Bennett School District No. 29J 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 Bennett School District No. 29J

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +31.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 5.9 points, a growth rate faster than 74% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 17.3% here, from 1,105 students in FY2019 to 1,296 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$59,544.438

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
$58,459

-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 Bennett School District No. 29J

What the Numbers Say About Bennett School District No. 29J

Bennett School District No. 29J is a small school district in Colorado, serving 1,296 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,265. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $59,544, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802430 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Bennett School District No. 29J runs materially below the state benchmark, a 7.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (15.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 38% 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, Bennett School District No. 29J reports $15.9M in total expenditure against $16.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.5M.

How does Bennett School District No. 29J compare?

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

Bennett School District No. 29J $59,544
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Bennett School District No. 29J pays -29.9% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $12,265 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, Bennett School District No. 29J sits closest to Rangely School District RE4; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J. 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. Rangely School District RE4
  2. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1
  3. Buena Vista School District No. R-31
  4. Big Sandy School District No. 100J
  5. Mancos School District Re-6
  6. School District No. Re-2 Brush
  7. Weld County School District No. Re-2
  8. Lamar School District No. Re-2
  9. Elizabeth School District
  10. Fremont Re-2
  11. Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J
  2. School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan
  3. Lamar School District No. Re-2
  4. School District No. Re-1 Valley
  5. Weld County School District No. Re-9
  6. Branson Reorganized School District No. 82
  7. Denver 1
  8. Elizabeth School District
  9. Moffat County School District RE: No. 1
  10. Mancos School District Re-6
  11. Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Bennett School District No. 29J's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Bennett School District No. 29J: closest on enrollment (1,296 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($59,544 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

$16.0M
Total Revenue
$15.9M
Total Expenditure
$4.9M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.3M
Regular Program
$0.5M
Special Education
$0.3M
Vocational
$0.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Bennett School District No. 29J: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 87% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 13% 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. Placed 70 of 93, Bennett School District No. 29J is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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.

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Other Colorado Districts

Smaller-district sample from 140 Colorado peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Rocky Ford School District No. R2
$54,516
632 students
School District No. Re-1 Valley
$67,027
1,972 students
Weld County School District No. Re-2
$58,551
1,977 students
Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count
$75,895
607 students
Julesburg School District No. Re1
$55,561
607 students
Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and
$53,125
600 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 Bennett School District No. 29J
What is the average teacher salary in Bennett School District No. 29J?

The average teacher salary in Bennett School District No. 29J is $59,544 (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 Bennett School District No. 29J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Bennett School District No. 29J pays 7.6% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $59,544.

How does Bennett School District No. 29J teacher pay compare to the national average?

Bennett School District No. 29J pays 15.2% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $59,544.

What is the per-pupil spending in Bennett School District No. 29J?

Bennett School District No. 29J spends approximately $12,265 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Bennett School District No. 29J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Bennett School District No. 29J's total expenditure of $15.9M (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. Bennett School District No. 29J'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.