Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe

What the Numbers Say About Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe

Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe is a mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 13,698 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,061. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $81,202, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0805310 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 10.8% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (1.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 78% 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, Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe reports $288.5M in total expenditure against $248.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 26% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $50.1M, special-education teacher pay is $10.4M. 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.