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Custer County School District Consolidate 1

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,363 (above only 15% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Custer County School District Consolidate 1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$52,363
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$17,763
Per-pupil spending
354
Students enrolled
15th
Pct. in CO
$52,363

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,363 (above only 15% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $52,363, below the national average of $70,245, serving 354 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Custer County School District Consolidate 1 sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $52,363 (above only 15% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 15th percentile for Colorado
  • 20th percentile nationally
  • 27% 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.
  • Custer County School District Consolidate 1 ranks #119 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #69 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
  • +37.8% 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, Custer County School District Consolidate 1's instructional payroll puts 9.5% into vocational programs , 3.8 points above the state median of 5.8%. That heavier vocational share usually means career/technical programs claim more of the teacher-salary pool than at a typical Colorado peer.

Program Custer County CO median Gap
Regular program 76.0% 79.6% -3.7 pp
Special education 10.8% 8.2% +2.6 pp
Vocational programs 9.5% 5.8% +3.8 pp
Other programs 3.7% 4.1% -0.4 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 0807200 · FY2023.

LEAID 0807200 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Custer County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -19% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P15 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P20 national PPE-MID $18K/pupil ENR-TINY 354 students INSTR-LOW 27% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Granada FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $52,363 estimated average teacher salary · P15 in Colorado · P20 nationally · 27% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: School (+$2,608est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Custer County

Salary neighbourhood · Custer County

Custer County 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
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National salary distribution for Custer County

Custer County School District Consolidate 1's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$52,363 20th percentile higher than 20% 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. 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

Custer County 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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1 ranks #119 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #69 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

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +37.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 12.3 points, a growth rate faster than 86% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 389 to 354 students (9.0% 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 (354 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$52,363.268

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
$51,409

-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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1

What the Numbers Say About Custer County School District Consolidate 1

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 is a small school district in Colorado, serving 354 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,763. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $52,363, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0807200 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Custer County School District Consolidate 1 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 18.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (25.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 15% 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, Custer County School District Consolidate 1 reports $6.3M in total expenditure against $7.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 27% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Custer County School District Consolidate 1 compare?

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

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 $52,363
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 pays -38.4% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $17,763 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, Custer County School District Consolidate 1 sits closest to Granada School District No. Re-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt. 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. Granada School District No. Re-1
  2. School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley
  3. Ignacio School District No. 11Jt
  4. Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R
  5. Haxtun School District No. Re-2J
  6. Elbert School District No. 200
  7. School District No. Re-4 Buffalo
  8. Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and
  9. Weld County School District No. Re-9
  10. Yuma 1 School District
  11. Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt
  2. Meeker School District Re1
  3. Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113
  4. Cheraw School District No. 31 in the county of Otero and S
  5. Salida School District No. R-32
  6. Wray RD-2 School District
  7. Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa
  8. Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1
  9. Estes Park School District R-3
  10. Gilpin County School District No. Re-1
  11. McClave School District No. Re-2

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Custer County School District Consolidate 1's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Custer County School District Consolidate 1: closest on enrollment (354 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($52,363 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

$7.1M
Total Revenue
$6.3M
Total Expenditure
$1.7M
Instruction Salaries
27% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.2M
Regular Program
$0.2M
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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1: 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. Placed 88 of 94, Custer County School District Consolidate 1 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.

Deer Trail School District No. 26J
$79,424
325 students
Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and
$62,670
384 students
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
$55,520
386 students
Sargent School District No. Re-33J
$53,640
322 students
Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
$68,320
319 students
Denver 1
$72,198
390 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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1
What is the average teacher salary in Custer County School District Consolidate 1?

The average teacher salary in Custer County School District Consolidate 1 is $52,363 (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 Custer County School District Consolidate 1 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 pays 18.7% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $52,363.

How does Custer County School District Consolidate 1 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 pays 25.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $52,363.

What is the per-pupil spending in Custer County School District Consolidate 1?

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 spends approximately $17,763 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Custer County School District Consolidate 1's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 27% of Custer County School District Consolidate 1's total expenditure of $6.3M (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. Custer County School District Consolidate 1'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.