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School district · Colorado · LEAID 0804680

Holly School District No. Re-3

Holly School District No. Re-3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (273 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Holly School District No. Re-3 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$60,491
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$16,220
Per-pupil spending
273
Students enrolled
40th
Pct. in CO
$60,491

Holly School District No. Re-3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (273 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $60,491, below the national average of $70,245, serving 273 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Holly School District No. Re-3 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (273 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 40th percentile for Colorado
  • 38th percentile nationally
  • 30% 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.
  • Holly School District No. Re-3 ranks #84 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #99 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
  • +27.7% 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, Holly School District No. Re-3's instructional payroll puts 10.8% into vocational programs , 5.0 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 Holly School CO median Gap
Regular program 77.6% 79.6% -2.0 pp
Special education 4.9% 8.2% -3.3 pp
Vocational programs 10.8% 5.8% +5.0 pp
Other programs 6.7% 4.1% +2.6 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 0804680 · FY2023.

LEAID 0804680 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Holly School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -6% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P40 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P38 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-TINY 273 students INSTR-LOW 30% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near School FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $60,491 estimated average teacher salary · P40 in Colorado · P38 nationally · 30% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lewis-Palmer ($47est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Holly School

Salary neighbourhood · Holly School

Holly School 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 Holly School

Holly School District No. Re-3's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$60,491 38th percentile higher than 38% 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

Holly School 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 Holly School District No. Re-3 ranks #84 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #99 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

Holly School District No. Re-3 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 Holly School District No. Re-3

  • Enrolment fell from 308 to 273 students (11.4% 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 (273 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$60,491.071

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
$59,389

-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 Holly School District No. Re-3

What the Numbers Say About Holly School District No. Re-3

Holly School District No. Re-3 is a small school district in Colorado, serving 273 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,220. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $60,491, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804680 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Holly School District No. Re-3 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 6.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (13.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 40% 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, Holly School District No. Re-3 reports $4.4M in total expenditure against $5.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 30% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $0.8M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Holly School District No. Re-3 compare?

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

Holly School District No. Re-3 $60,491
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Holly School District No. Re-3 pays -28.8% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $16,220 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, Holly School District No. Re-3 sits closest to School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Haxtun School District No. Re-2J. 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. School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat
  2. Rangely School District RE4
  3. Buena Vista School District No. R-31
  4. Big Sandy School District No. 100J
  5. Mancos School District Re-6
  6. Clear Creek School District No. Re-1
  7. McClave School District No. Re-2
  8. Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and
  9. Park County School District No. Re-2
  10. Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and
  11. Huerfano School District Re-1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Haxtun School District No. Re-2J
  2. Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and
  3. North Conejos School District No. Re1J
  4. Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park
  5. School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat
  6. Limon School District No. Re 4J
  7. School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of
  8. School District No. Re-3 Frenchman
  9. Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and
  10. School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley
  11. Rangely School District RE4

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Holly School District No. Re-3's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Holly School District No. Re-3: closest on enrollment (273 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($60,491 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

$5.2M
Total Revenue
$4.4M
Total Expenditure
$1.3M
Instruction Salaries
30% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$0.8M
Regular Program
$0.1M
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 Holly School District No. Re-3: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 82% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 18% 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. Holly School District No. Re-3 places 68 of 94 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.

Dolores County School District RE-2J
$49,066
263 students
West End School District No. Re-2
$49,556
260 students
Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J
$50,749
259 students
Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an
$49,861
287 students
Primero Reorganized School District No. 2
$74,194
258 students
McClave School District No. Re-2
$58,484
258 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 Holly School District No. Re-3
What is the average teacher salary in Holly School District No. Re-3?

The average teacher salary in Holly School District No. Re-3 is $60,491 (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 Holly School District No. Re-3 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Holly School District No. Re-3 pays 6.1% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $60,491.

How does Holly School District No. Re-3 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Holly School District No. Re-3 pays 13.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $60,491.

What is the per-pupil spending in Holly School District No. Re-3?

Holly School District No. Re-3 spends approximately $16,220 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Holly School District No. Re-3's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 30% of Holly School District No. Re-3's total expenditure of $4.4M (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. Holly School District No. Re-3'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.