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Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $105,729 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$105,729
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$19,997
Per-pupil spending
379
Students enrolled
99th
Pct. in CO
$105,729

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $105,729 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $105,729, above the national average of $70,245, serving 379 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J sits in the highest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $105,729 (above 99% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 99th percentile for Colorado
  • 93rd percentile nationally
  • 28% 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.
  • Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J ranks #1 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #35 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
  • +55.9% 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, Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J's instructional payroll puts 2.7% into special education , 5.5 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 Crowley County CO median Gap
Regular program 80.8% 79.6% +1.2 pp
Special education 2.7% 8.2% -5.5 pp
Vocational programs 9.2% 5.8% +3.4 pp
Other programs 7.3% 4.1% +3.2 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 0803210 · FY2023.

LEAID 0803210 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Crowley County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +64% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P99 in state RANK-NAT-TOP P93 national PPE-MID $20K/pupil ENR-TINY 379 students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Telluride FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $105,729 estimated average teacher salary · P99 in Colorado · P93 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Cherry ($5,057est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Crowley County

Salary neighbourhood · Crowley County

Crowley County 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 Crowley County

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$105,729 Top 7% higher than 93% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Below this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Crowley County in Colorado's upper-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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J ranks #1 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #35 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

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J 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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J

  • It ranks in the top 10% of US districts for estimated teacher pay, higher than 93% of the 10,684 reliable-salary districts nationally.
  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +55.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 30.4 points, a growth rate faster than 96% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 437 to 379 students (13.3% 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 (379 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$105,728.587

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
$103,802

-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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J

What the Numbers Say About Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J is a small school district in Colorado, serving 379 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,997. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $105,729, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803210 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 64.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (50.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 99% 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, Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J reports $7.6M in total expenditure against $7.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% 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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J compare?

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

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J $105,729
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J pays +24.4% more than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $19,997 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, Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J sits closest to Telluride School District No. R-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Upper Rio Grande School District C-7. 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. Telluride School District No. R-1
  2. Sheridan School District No. 2
  3. Deer Trail School District No. 26J
  4. Weld County School District No. Re-7
  5. Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1
  6. Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count
  7. Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas
  8. Primero Reorganized School District No. 2
  9. East Otero School District No. R1
  10. Denver 1
  11. Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
  2. Park County School District No. Re-2
  3. West Grand School District No. 1
  4. Otis School District No. R-3
  5. Hayden School District No. Re 1
  6. Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an
  7. Calhan District No. RJ1
  8. Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J
  9. Fremont Re-2
  10. Weld County School District No. Re-7
  11. Kiowa County School District No. Re-1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J: closest on enrollment (379 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($105,729 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

$7.9M
Total Revenue
$7.6M
Total Expenditure
$2.1M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.5M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 90% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 10% 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. Only the state ceiling itself: among the 94 districts of comparable size, Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J is paid at the very top of the state, and the state average sits well below 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.

West Grand School District No. 1
$46,310
391 students
Big Sandy School District No. 100J
$59,122
361 students
Custer County School District Consolidate 1
$52,363
354 students
Gilpin County School District No. Re-1
$70,378
408 students
South Routt School District No. Re 3
$64,634
350 students
Fowler School District No. R4J
$50,924
347 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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
What is the average teacher salary in Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J?

The average teacher salary in Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J is $105,729 (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 Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J pays 64.1% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $105,729.

How does Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J teacher pay compare to the national average?

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J pays 50.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $105,729.

What is the per-pupil spending in Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J?

Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J spends approximately $19,997 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J's total expenditure of $7.6M (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. Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J'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.