School district · Colorado · LEAID 0804800
Jefferson County School District No. R-1
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (75,327 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Jefferson County School District No. R-1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $78,435
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $17,069
- Per-pupil spending
- 75,327
- Students enrolled
- 88th
- Pct. in CO
Well above benchmark
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (75,327 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $78,435, above the national average of $70,245, serving 75,327 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Large enrollment scale: Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (75,327 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
- 88th percentile for Colorado
- 72nd percentile nationally
- 31% 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.
- Jefferson County School District No. R-1 ranks #16 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #83 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
- +29.6% 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, Jefferson County School District No. R-1's instructional payroll puts 14.2% into special education , 6.0 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 | Jefferson County | CO median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 78.3% | 79.6% | -1.4 pp |
| Special education | 14.2% | 8.2% | +6.0 pp |
| Vocational programs | 5.4% | 5.8% | -0.3 pp |
| Other programs | 2.1% | 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 0804800 · FY2023.
LEAID 0804800 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Jefferson County F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $78,435 estimated average teacher salary · P88 in Colorado · P72 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Douglas ($406est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Jefferson County
Salary neighbourhood · Jefferson County
Jefferson 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).
- School · low pole
School · low pole
$54,971 est. salary
- Douglas · near
Douglas · near
$78,029 est. salary
- Jefferson
Jefferson · this district
$78,435 est. salary
- Colorado · near
Colorado · near
$78,940 est. salary
- Summit · near
Summit · near
$79,029 est. salary
- Cherry · top pay
Cherry · top pay
$100,672 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Jefferson County
Jefferson County School District No. R-1's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$78,435 Top 28% higher than 72% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Jefferson 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)
- Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
$105,729 est. avg salary
- Jefferson County School District No. R-1
Jefferson County School District No. R-1
$78,435 est. avg salary
- Julesburg School District No. Re1
Julesburg School District No. Re1
$55,561 est. avg salary
What this shows Jefferson County School District No. R-1 ranks #16 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #83 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
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Julesburg School District No. Re1
Julesburg School District No. Re1
$59,313 per pupil
- Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J $19,997
Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
$19,997 per pupil
- Jefferson County School District No. R-1 $17,069
Jefferson County School District No. R-1
$17,069 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.
What stands out about Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Estimated teacher pay here rose +29.6% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 4.1 points, a growth rate faster than 70% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment fell from 84,631 to 75,327 students (11.0% 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 75,327 students, it is the 45th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
- A district of this scale typically enrolls more students than several entire states' worth of smaller districts combined, which is part of why the per-pupil and per-teacher figures here should be read as an aggregate across many schools rather than a single-campus estimate.
- Its total annual revenue of $1.23B puts it among just 58 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 Jefferson County School District No. R-1
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 enrolls 75,327 students (0.16% 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 $1.23B, putting it among 58 districts at this budget scale or larger.
Reported teacher FTE is 4,551, about 16.6 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 35 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 52nd 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 Jefferson County School District No. R-1 among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.
Instructional salaries take 31% of total expenditure on a $1.29B 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore City Public Schools · Maryland | 75,995 | $80,352 | $2.06B |
| Brevard · Florida | 74,125 | $58,310 | $1.01B |
| Osceola · Florida | 73,558 | $43,191 | $1.02B |
| Davis District · Utah | 73,459 | $83,024 | $859M |
| Austin ISD · Texas | 73,384 | $54,699 | $1.26B |
Colorado sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $78,434.66
- Colorado price level
- 101.9 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $77,005
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
-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 Jefferson County School District No. R-1
What the Numbers Say About Jefferson County School District No. R-1
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is a large urban school district in Colorado, serving 75,327 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,069. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $78,435, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804800 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 21.7% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 88% 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, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 reports $1285.7M in total expenditure against $1231.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $279.3M, special-education teacher pay is $50.6M.
How does Jefferson County School District No. R-1 compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Colorado average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 pays -7.7% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $17,069 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, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 sits closest to Douglas County School District No. Re 1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Poudre School District R-1. 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.
- Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
- Poudre School District R-1
- Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
- St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
- GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
- Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
- Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- School District 27J
- El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- Poudre School District R-1
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
- Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- School District 27J
- Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
- St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
- El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Similar estimated teacher pay
- Douglas County School District No. Re 1$78,029 estimated salary-0.5% versus this district · 62,341 students
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E$78,940 estimated salary+0.6% versus this district · 22,725 students
- Poudre School District R-1$74,783 estimated salary-4.7% versus this district · 29,977 students
Similar per-pupil investment
- Poudre School District R-1$16,736 per pupil-1.9% versus this district · $74,783 estimated salary
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51$16,646 per pupil-2.5% versus this district · $60,634 estimated salary
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E$17,548 per pupil+2.8% versus this district · $78,940 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Jefferson County School District No. R-1's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Jefferson County School District No. R-1: closest on enrollment (75,327 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($78,435 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Jefferson County School District No. R-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. Jefferson County School District No. R-1 sits in the upper quarter of that field at 15 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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Large-district sample from 140 Colorado peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.
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 Jefferson County School District No. R-1
What is the average teacher salary in Jefferson County School District No. R-1?
The average teacher salary in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is $78,435 (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 Jefferson County School District No. R-1 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 pays 21.7% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $78,435.
How does Jefferson County School District No. R-1 teacher pay compare to the national average?
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 pays 11.7% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $78,435.
What is the per-pupil spending in Jefferson County School District No. R-1?
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 spends approximately $17,069 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Jefferson County School District No. R-1's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 31% of Jefferson County School District No. R-1's total expenditure of $1285.7M (NCES FY2023).
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