Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E

What the Numbers Say About Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 3,663 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,272. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $74,894, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802940 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 2.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (9.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 63% 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, Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E reports $48.6M in total expenditure against $55.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 38% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $13.1M, special-education teacher pay is $2.0M. 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.