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

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (3,737 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$73,743
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$14,815
Per-pupil spending
3,737
Students enrolled
80th
Pct. in CO
$73,743

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (3,737 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $73,743, near the national average of $70,245, serving 3,737 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (3,737 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 80th percentile for Colorado
  • 65th percentile nationally
  • 36% 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.
  • Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E ranks #27 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #119 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
  • +34.9% 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, Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E's instructional payroll puts 75.3% into regular program , 4.3 points below the state median of 79.6%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Cheyenne Mountain CO median Gap
Regular program 75.3% 79.6% -4.3 pp
Special education 11.8% 8.2% +3.6 pp
Vocational programs 5.1% 5.8% -0.7 pp
Other programs 7.8% 4.1% +3.7 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 0802940 · FY2023.

LEAID 0802940 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Cheyenne Mountain F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +14% vs state RANK-ST-MID P80 in state RANK-NAT-MID P65 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-MID 3,737 students INSTR-MID 36% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Fountain FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $73,743 estimated average teacher salary · P80 in Colorado · P65 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Thompson (+$242est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Cheyenne Mountain

Salary neighbourhood · Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain 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 Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$73,743 Top 35% higher than 65% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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

What stands out about Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +34.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 9.4 points, a growth rate faster than 82% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 5,274 to 3,737 students (29.1% 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
$73,742.995

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
$72,399

-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 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 3,737 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,815. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $73,743, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802940 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 14.4% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (5.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 80% 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, Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E reports $55.4M in total expenditure against $57.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 36% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $14.0M, special-education teacher pay is $2.2M.

How does Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E compare?

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

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E $73,743
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E pays -13.2% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $14,815 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, Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E sits closest to Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Weld re-8 schools. 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. Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
  2. East Otero School District No. R1
  3. Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe
  4. Weld County School District No. Re-5J
  5. Eagle County School District No. Re 50
  6. Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2
  7. School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo
  8. Weld County School District No. Re-7
  9. Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J
  10. Lake County School District No. R-1
  11. Summit School District No. Re 1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Weld re-8 schools
  2. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
  3. Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
  4. Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
  5. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  6. Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co
  7. Weld County School District RE-3J
  8. Delta County Joint District No. 50
  9. Pueblo County School District 70
  10. Moffat County School District RE: No. 1
  11. Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E: closest on enrollment (3,737 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($73,743 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

$57.7M
Total Revenue
$55.4M
Total Expenditure
$19.7M
Instruction Salaries
36% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$14.0M
Regular Program
$2.2M
Special Education
$0.9M
Vocational
$1.5M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 94% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 6% 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. Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E sits in the upper quarter of that field at 23 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.

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Other Colorado Districts

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

Buena Vista School District No. R-31
$59,145
1,032 students
Estes Park School District R-3
$68,453
1,014 students
Weld County School District No. Re-9
$51,589
993 students
North Conejos School District No. Re1J
$56,549
988 students
Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a
$55,273
981 students
Lake County School District No. R-1
$68,601
979 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 Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E
What is the average teacher salary in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E?

The average teacher salary in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E is $73,743 (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 Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E pays 14.4% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $73,743.

How does Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E teacher pay compare to the national average?

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E pays 5.0% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $73,743.

What is the per-pupil spending in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E?

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E spends approximately $14,815 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 36% of Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E's total expenditure of $55.4M (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. Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E'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.