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Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,198 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$62,352
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$18,152
Per-pupil spending
1,198
Students enrolled
47th
Pct. in CO
$62,352

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,198 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $62,352, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,198 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (1,198 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 47th percentile for Colorado
  • 42nd percentile nationally
  • 25% 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.
  • Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi ranks #74 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #56 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
  • +27.2% 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, Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi's instructional payroll puts 2.4% into vocational programs , 3.4 points below the state median of 5.8%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Grand Valley CO median Gap
Regular program 80.9% 79.6% +1.2 pp
Special education 10.6% 8.2% +2.4 pp
Vocational programs 2.4% 5.8% -3.4 pp
Other programs 6.2% 4.1% +2.0 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 0804380 · FY2023.

LEAID 0804380 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Grand Valley F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -3% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P47 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P42 national PPE-MID $18K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,198 students INSTR-LOW 25% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Sanford FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $62,352 estimated average teacher salary · P47 in Colorado · P42 nationally · 25% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: El ($208est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Grand Valley

Salary neighbourhood · Grand Valley

Grand Valley sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Grand Valley

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$62,352 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Grand Valley 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 Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi ranks #74 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #56 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

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi 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

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$62,351.686

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
$61,216

-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 Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi

What the Numbers Say About Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi is a small school district in Colorado, serving 1,198 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,152. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $62,352, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804380 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 3.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 47% 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, Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi reports $21.7M in total expenditure against $27.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 25% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.8M, special-education teacher pay is $0.5M.

How does Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi compare?

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

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi $62,352
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi pays -26.6% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $18,152 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, Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi sits closest to Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Fowler School District No. R4J. 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. Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and
  2. Clear Creek School District No. Re-1
  3. Woodland Park School District No. Re-2
  4. Delta County Joint District No. 50
  5. Salida School District No. R-32
  6. Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
  7. Fremont Re-2
  8. Park County School District No. Re-2
  9. Alamosa School District No. Re-11J
  10. Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and
  11. Elizabeth School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Fowler School District No. R4J
  2. Las Animas School District No. Re-1
  3. Buena Vista School District No. R-31
  4. Gilpin County School District No. Re-1
  5. Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas
  6. Estes Park School District R-3
  7. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1
  8. Salida School District No. R-32
  9. Meeker School District Re1
  10. Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St
  11. Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi: closest on enrollment (1,198 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($62,352 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

$27.1M
Total Revenue
$21.7M
Total Expenditure
$5.4M
Instruction Salaries
25% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.8M
Regular Program
$0.5M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 86% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 14% 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. Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi places 59 of 93 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

School District No. Re-2 Brush
$58,640
1,366 students
Estes Park School District R-3
$68,453
1,014 students
Fremont Re-2
$61,512
1,390 students
Weld County School District No. Re-9
$51,589
993 students
North Conejos School District No. Re1J
$56,549
988 students
Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a
$55,273
981 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 Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi
What is the average teacher salary in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi?

The average teacher salary in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi is $62,352 (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 Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi pays 3.2% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $62,352.

How does Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi teacher pay compare to the national average?

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi pays 11.2% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $62,352.

What is the per-pupil spending in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi?

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi spends approximately $18,152 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 25% of Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi's total expenditure of $21.7M (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. Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi'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.