Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a

What the Numbers Say About Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a

Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a is a small school district in Colorado, serving 335 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,206. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $89,328, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0806210 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 21.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (8.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 91% 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, Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a reports $8.1M in total expenditure against $8.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 25% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.6M, 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.