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Douglas County School District No. Re 1

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (62,341 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Douglas County School District No. Re 1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$78,029
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$15,061
Per-pupil spending
62,341
Students enrolled
87th
Pct. in CO
$78,029

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (62,341 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $78,029, above the national average of $70,245, serving 62,341 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Large enrollment scale: Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (62,341 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 87th percentile for Colorado
  • 71st percentile nationally
  • 33% 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.
  • Douglas County School District No. Re 1 ranks #17 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #113 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
  • +22.8% 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, Douglas County School District No. Re 1's instructional payroll puts 17.5% into special education , 9.3 points above the state median of 8.2%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Colorado peer.

Program Douglas County CO median Gap
Regular program 74.5% 79.6% -5.1 pp
Special education 17.5% 8.2% +9.3 pp
Vocational programs 2.4% 5.8% -3.4 pp
Other programs 5.6% 4.1% +1.5 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 0803450 · FY2023.

LEAID 0803450 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Douglas County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +21% vs state RANK-ST-MID P87 in state RANK-NAT-MID P71 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-MEGA 62K students INSTR-LOW 33% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Jefferson FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $78,029 estimated average teacher salary · P87 in Colorado · P71 nationally · 33% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Jefferson (+$406est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Douglas County

Salary neighbourhood · Douglas County

Douglas 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 Douglas County

Douglas County School District No. Re 1's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$78,029 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

Douglas 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 Douglas County School District No. Re 1 ranks #17 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #113 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

Douglas County School District No. Re 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 Douglas County School District No. Re 1

  • Enrolment fell from 67,591 to 62,341 students (7.8% 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.
  • With 62,341 students, it is the 62nd-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
  • Its total annual revenue of $951M puts it among just 80 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.

Scale composition for Douglas County School District No. Re 1

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 enrolls 62,341 students (0.13% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $951M, putting it among 80 districts at this budget scale or larger.

Reported teacher FTE is 3,539, about 17.6 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 24 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 63rd densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place Douglas County School District No. Re 1 among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.

Instructional salaries take 33% of total expenditure on a $939M budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.

Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):

District Enrollment Est. avg salary Revenue
Elk Grove Unified · California 61,886 $117,022 $1.23B
Volusia · Florida 63,365 $58,795 $863M
Granite District · Utah 61,197 $86,834 $809M
Chesterfield County Public Schools · Virginia 63,916 $65,825 $967M
Knox County · Tennessee 60,609 $61,264 $762M

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$78,029.139

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
$76,607

-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 Douglas County School District No. Re 1

What the Numbers Say About Douglas County School District No. Re 1

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is a large urban school district in Colorado, serving 62,341 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,061. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $78,029, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803450 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Douglas County School District No. Re 1 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 21.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 87% 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, Douglas County School District No. Re 1 reports $938.9M in total expenditure against $950.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $205.8M, special-education teacher pay is $48.3M.

How does Douglas County School District No. Re 1 compare?

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

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 $78,029
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 pays -8.2% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $15,061 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, Douglas County School District No. Re 1 sits closest to Jefferson County School District No. R-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. 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. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  2. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  3. Poudre School District R-1
  4. Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
  5. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
  6. School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
  7. GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
  8. Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
  9. Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  10. School District 27J
  11. El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
  2. Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
  3. El Paso County Colorado School District 49
  4. Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  5. Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
  6. Poudre School District R-1
  7. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  8. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  9. School District 27J
  10. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
  11. Boulder Valley School District No. Re2

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Douglas County School District No. Re 1's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Douglas County School District No. Re 1: closest on enrollment (62,341 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($78,029 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

$950.6M
Total Revenue
$938.9M
Total Expenditure
$306.2M
Instruction Salaries
33% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$205.8M
Regular Program
$48.3M
Special Education
$6.5M
Vocational
$15.5M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Douglas County School District No. Re 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. Douglas County School District No. Re 1 sits in the upper quarter of that field at 16 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

Large-district sample from 140 Colorado peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
$100,672
52,392 students
Jefferson County School District No. R-1
$78,435
75,327 students
Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
$82,104
38,122 students
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
$84,963
87,883 students
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
$89,579
35,747 students
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
$73,410
31,894 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 Douglas County School District No. Re 1
What is the average teacher salary in Douglas County School District No. Re 1?

The average teacher salary in Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is $78,029 (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 Douglas County School District No. Re 1 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 pays 21.1% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $78,029.

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

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 pays 11.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $78,029.

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

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 spends approximately $15,061 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 33% of Douglas County School District No. Re 1's total expenditure of $938.9M (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. Douglas County School District No. Re 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.