La Veta School District Re-2

What the Numbers Say About La Veta School District Re-2

La Veta School District Re-2 is a small school district in Colorado, serving 207 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $75,923. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $93,623, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0805160 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in La Veta School District Re-2 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 27.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (13.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 96% 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, La Veta School District Re-2 reports $15.7M in total expenditure against $13.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 8% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $0.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M. 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.