Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an

What the Numbers Say About Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an

Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 8,302 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,635. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $72,346, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804080 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an runs slightly below the state benchmark — a 1.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (12.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 54% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an reports $138.1M in total expenditure against $128.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $27.7M, special-education teacher pay is $5.5M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.