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Deer Trail School District No. 26J

Deer Trail School District No. 26J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (325 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Deer Trail School District No. 26J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$79,424
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$15,142
Per-pupil spending
325
Students enrolled
90th
Pct. in CO
$79,424

Deer Trail School District No. 26J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (325 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $79,424, above the national average of $70,245, serving 325 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Deer Trail School District No. 26J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (325 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 90th percentile for Colorado
  • 73rd percentile nationally
  • 26% 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.
  • Deer Trail School District No. 26J ranks #13 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #111 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
  • -10.7% 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, Deer Trail School District No. 26J's instructional payroll puts 11.3% into vocational programs , 5.5 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 Deer Trail CO median Gap
Regular program 79.8% 79.6% +0.2 pp
Special education 6.1% 8.2% -2.1 pp
Vocational programs 11.3% 5.8% +5.5 pp
Other programs 2.7% 4.1% -1.4 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 0803270 · FY2023.

LEAID 0803270 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Deer Trail F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +23% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P90 in state RANK-NAT-MID P73 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-TINY 325 students INSTR-LOW 26% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Sheridan FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $79,424 estimated average teacher salary · P90 in Colorado · P73 nationally · 26% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Summit ($395est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Deer Trail

Salary neighbourhood · Deer Trail

Deer Trail 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Deer Trail

Deer Trail School District No. 26J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$79,424 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Deer Trail 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 Deer Trail School District No. 26J ranks #13 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #111 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

Deer Trail School District No. 26J 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 Deer Trail School District No. 26J

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -10.7% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 36.2 points, a growth rate faster than 2% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 54.8% here, from 210 students in FY2019 to 325 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.
  • It is a very small district (325 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$79,424.157

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
$77,977

-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 Deer Trail School District No. 26J

What the Numbers Say About Deer Trail School District No. 26J

Deer Trail School District No. 26J is a small school district in Colorado, serving 325 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,142. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $79,424, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803270 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Deer Trail School District No. 26J runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 23.2% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (13.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 90% 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, Deer Trail School District No. 26J reports $4.9M in total expenditure against $5.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 26% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $0.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Deer Trail School District No. 26J compare?

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

Deer Trail School District No. 26J $79,424
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Deer Trail School District No. 26J pays -6.5% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $15,142 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, Deer Trail School District No. 26J sits closest to Sheridan School District No. 2; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Monte Vista School District No. C-8. 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. Sheridan School District No. 2
  2. Weld County School District No. Re-7
  3. Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1
  4. Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count
  5. Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas
  6. Primero Reorganized School District No. 2
  7. Denver 1
  8. Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1
  9. Telluride School District No. R-1
  10. Gilpin County School District No. Re-1
  11. School District No. Re-50 Wiggins
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  2. Elbert School District No. 200
  3. Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
  4. Big Sandy School District No. 100J
  5. Holyoke School District No. Re-1J
  6. School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley
  7. School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of
  8. Limon School District No. Re 4J
  9. Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and
  10. Haxtun School District No. Re-2J
  11. Dolores School District No. Re-4A

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Deer Trail School District No. 26J's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Deer Trail School District No. 26J: closest on enrollment (325 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($79,424 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

$5.9M
Total Revenue
$4.9M
Total Expenditure
$1.3M
Instruction Salaries
26% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$0.9M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Deer Trail School District No. 26J: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% 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. Deer Trail School District No. 26J sits in the upper quarter of that field at 13 of 94, 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.

View all Colorado districts →

Other Colorado Districts

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

School District No. Re-3 Frenchman
$45,793
221 students
Granada School District No. Re-1
$52,093
213 students
Kiowa County School District No. Re-1
$51,252
211 students
Branson Reorganized School District No. 82
$56,481
442 students
Otis School District No. R-3
$53,754
201 students
Hayden School District No. Re 1
$66,063
454 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 Deer Trail School District No. 26J
What is the average teacher salary in Deer Trail School District No. 26J?

The average teacher salary in Deer Trail School District No. 26J is $79,424 (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 Deer Trail School District No. 26J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Deer Trail School District No. 26J pays 23.2% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $79,424.

How does Deer Trail School District No. 26J teacher pay compare to the national average?

Deer Trail School District No. 26J pays 13.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $79,424.

What is the per-pupil spending in Deer Trail School District No. 26J?

Deer Trail School District No. 26J spends approximately $15,142 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Deer Trail School District No. 26J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 26% of Deer Trail School District No. 26J's total expenditure of $4.9M (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. Deer Trail School District No. 26J'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.