Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count

What the Numbers Say About Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count

Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count is a small school district in Colorado, serving 617 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,452. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $74,951, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802850 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 2.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (8.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 64% 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, Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count reports $13.2M in total expenditure against $15.8M 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 $2.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M. 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.