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Holyoke School District No. Re-1J

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $48,811 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Holyoke School District No. Re-1J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$48,811
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$14,844
Per-pupil spending
552
Students enrolled
3rd
Pct. in CO
$48,811

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $48,811 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $48,811, below the national average of $70,245, serving 552 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Holyoke School District No. Re-1J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $48,811 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 3rd percentile for Colorado
  • 11th 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.
  • Holyoke School District No. Re-1J ranks #135 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #118 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
  • +11.6% 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, Holyoke School District No. Re-1J's instructional payroll puts 74.1% into regular program , 5.5 points below the state median of 79.6%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Holyoke School CO median Gap
Regular program 74.1% 79.6% -5.5 pp
Special education 10.4% 8.2% +2.2 pp
Vocational programs 8.1% 5.8% +2.3 pp
Other programs 7.4% 4.1% +3.3 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 0804710 · FY2023.

LEAID 0804710 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Holyoke School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -24% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P3 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P11 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-SMALL 552 students INSTR-LOW 30% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Dolores FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $48,811 estimated average teacher salary · P3 in Colorado · P11 nationally · 30% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: School (+$6,160est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Holyoke School

Salary neighbourhood · Holyoke School

Holyoke School trails 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 Holyoke School

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$48,811 11th percentile higher than 11% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $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

Holyoke 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 Holyoke School District No. Re-1J ranks #135 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #118 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

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J 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 Holyoke School District No. Re-1J

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +11.6% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 13.9 points, a growth rate faster than 24% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$48,810.925

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
$47,922

-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 Holyoke School District No. Re-1J

What the Numbers Say About Holyoke School District No. Re-1J

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J is a small school district in Colorado, serving 552 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,844. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $48,811, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804710 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J runs materially below the state benchmark, a 24.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (30.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 3% 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, Holyoke School District No. Re-1J reports $8.2M in total expenditure against $9.6M 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 $1.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Holyoke School District No. Re-1J compare?

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

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J $48,811
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J pays -42.6% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $14,844 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, Holyoke School District No. Re-1J sits closest to Dolores County School District RE-2J; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt. 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. Dolores County School District RE-2J
  2. Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an
  3. Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J
  4. Fowler School District No. R4J
  5. Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113
  6. Wray RD-2 School District
  7. Kiowa County School District No. Re-1
  8. West Grand School District No. 1
  9. Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St
  10. Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J
  11. Weld County School District No. Re-9
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
  2. Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
  3. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  4. Deer Trail School District No. 26J
  5. Elbert School District No. 200
  6. Big Sandy School District No. 100J
  7. Dolores School District No. Re-4A
  8. Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and
  9. School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley
  10. Mancos School District Re-6
  11. School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Holyoke School District No. Re-1J's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Holyoke School District No. Re-1J: closest on enrollment (552 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($48,811 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

$9.6M
Total Revenue
$8.2M
Total Expenditure
$2.4M
Instruction Salaries
30% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.5M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 85% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 15% 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. At the other end, Holyoke School District No. Re-1J anchors the bottom of the 93-district field, so the gap between it and the state's ceiling is close to the full spread the state average is drawn from. 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.

Springfield School District No. Re-4
$45,795
304 students
Sierra Grande School District No. R-30
$67,955
289 students
Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an
$49,861
287 students
Las Animas School District No. Re-1
$65,280
822 students
Elbert School District No. 200
$51,738
281 students
Holly School District No. Re-3
$60,491
273 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 Holyoke School District No. Re-1J
What is the average teacher salary in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J?

The average teacher salary in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J is $48,811 (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 Holyoke School District No. Re-1J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J pays 24.3% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $48,811.

How does Holyoke School District No. Re-1J teacher pay compare to the national average?

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J pays 30.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $48,811.

What is the per-pupil spending in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J?

Holyoke School District No. Re-1J spends approximately $14,844 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Holyoke School District No. Re-1J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 30% of Holyoke School District No. Re-1J's total expenditure of $8.2M (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. Holyoke School District No. Re-1J'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.