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School district · Colorado · LEAID 0802730

Calhan District No. RJ1

Calhan District No. RJ1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $53,581 (above only 18% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Calhan District No. RJ1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$53,581
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$21,078
Per-pupil spending
424
Students enrolled
18th
Pct. in CO
$53,581

Calhan District No. RJ1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $53,581 (above only 18% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $53,581, below the national average of $70,245, serving 424 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Calhan District No. RJ1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $53,581 (above only 18% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 18th percentile for Colorado
  • 23rd percentile nationally
  • 23% 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.
  • Calhan District No. RJ1 ranks #114 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #29 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
  • +32.6% 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, Calhan District No. RJ1's instructional payroll puts 3.7% into special education , 4.4 points below the state median of 8.2%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Colorado district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Calhan District CO median Gap
Regular program 82.9% 79.6% +3.3 pp
Special education 3.7% 8.2% -4.4 pp
Vocational programs 8.2% 5.8% +2.4 pp
Other programs 5.1% 4.1% +1.0 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 0802730 · FY2023.

LEAID 0802730 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Calhan District F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -17% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P18 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P23 national PPE-MID $21K/pupil ENR-TINY 424 students INSTR-LOW 23% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Sargent FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $53,581 estimated average teacher salary · P18 in Colorado · P23 nationally · 23% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: School (+$1,390est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Calhan District

Salary neighbourhood · Calhan District

Calhan District trails 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Calhan District

Calhan District No. RJ1's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$53,581 23rd percentile higher than 23% 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. Calhan District No. RJ1 $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

Calhan District 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 Calhan District No. RJ1 ranks #114 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #29 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

Calhan District No. RJ1 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 Calhan District No. RJ1

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +32.6% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 7.1 points, a growth rate faster than 76% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 467 to 424 students (9.2% 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.
  • It is a very small district (424 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$53,580.902

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
$52,605

-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 Calhan District No. RJ1

What the Numbers Say About Calhan District No. RJ1

Calhan District No. RJ1 is a small school district in Colorado, serving 424 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,078. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $53,581, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802730 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Calhan District No. RJ1 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 16.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (23.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 18% 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, Calhan District No. RJ1 reports $8.9M in total expenditure against $7.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 23% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Calhan District No. RJ1 compare?

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

Calhan District No. RJ1 $53,581
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Calhan District No. RJ1 pays -36.9% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $21,078 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, Calhan District No. RJ1 sits closest to Sargent School District No. Re-33J; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J. 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. Sargent School District No. Re-33J
  2. Otis School District No. R-3
  3. Yuma 1 School District
  4. Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and
  5. School District No. Re-4 Buffalo
  6. Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt
  7. Limon School District No. Re 4J
  8. Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R
  9. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  10. Dolores School District No. Re-4A
  11. Rocky Ford School District No. R2
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J
  2. Hayden School District No. Re 1
  3. La Veta School District Re-2
  4. West Grand School District No. 1
  5. Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count
  6. Park County School District No. Re-2
  7. Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
  8. Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
  9. Ignacio School District No. 11Jt
  10. Otis School District No. R-3
  11. Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Calhan District No. RJ1's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Calhan District No. RJ1: closest on enrollment (424 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($53,581 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

$7.5M
Total Revenue
$8.9M
Total Expenditure
$2.0M
Instruction Salaries
23% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.5M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Calhan District No. RJ1: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 89% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 11% 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 85 of 94, Calhan District No. RJ1 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.

View all Colorado districts →

Other Colorado Districts

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

Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a
$66,171
332 students
Deer Trail School District No. 26J
$79,424
325 students
Sargent School District No. Re-33J
$53,640
322 students
Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
$68,320
319 students
Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa
$69,960
314 students
School District No. Re-4 Buffalo
$53,117
314 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 Calhan District No. RJ1
What is the average teacher salary in Calhan District No. RJ1?

The average teacher salary in Calhan District No. RJ1 is $53,581 (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 Calhan District No. RJ1 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Calhan District No. RJ1 pays 16.9% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $53,581.

How does Calhan District No. RJ1 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Calhan District No. RJ1 pays 23.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $53,581.

What is the per-pupil spending in Calhan District No. RJ1?

Calhan District No. RJ1 spends approximately $21,078 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Calhan District No. RJ1's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 23% of Calhan District No. RJ1's total expenditure of $8.9M (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. Calhan District No. RJ1'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.