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Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (384 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$62,670
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,193
Per-pupil spending
384
Students enrolled
48th
Pct. in CO
$62,670

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (384 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $62,670, below the national average of $70,245, serving 384 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (384 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 48th percentile for Colorado
  • 43rd percentile nationally
  • 32% 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.
  • Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and ranks #73 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 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
  • +9.8% 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, Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and's instructional payroll puts 83.5% into regular program , 3.9 points above the state median of 79.6%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Colorado district.

Program Sanford School CO median Gap
Regular program 83.5% 79.6% +3.9 pp
Special education 5.0% 8.2% -3.2 pp
Vocational programs 6.4% 5.8% +0.6 pp
Other programs 5.2% 4.1% +1.0 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 0806390 · FY2023.

LEAID 0806390 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Sanford School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P48 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P43 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-TINY 384 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Salida FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $62,670 estimated average teacher salary · P48 in Colorado · P43 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Weld (+$37est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Sanford School

Salary neighbourhood · Sanford School

Sanford School sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Sanford School

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$62,670 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Sanford 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 Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and ranks #73 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #124 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

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and 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 Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +9.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 15.7 points, a growth rate faster than 20% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 7.6% here, from 357 students in FY2019 to 384 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.
  • It is a very small district (384 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$62,670.068

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
$61,528

-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 Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and

What the Numbers Say About Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and is a small school district in Colorado, serving 384 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,193. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $62,670, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0806390 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (10.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 48% 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, Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and reports $5.5M in total expenditure against $5.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and compare?

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

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and $62,670
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and pays -26.2% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $14,193 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, Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and sits closest to Salida School District No. R-32; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Mancos School District Re-6. 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. Salida School District No. R-32
  2. Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi
  3. Park County School District No. Re-2
  4. Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and
  5. Clear Creek School District No. Re-1
  6. Fremont Re-2
  7. School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat
  8. Lamar School District No. Re-2
  9. Huerfano School District Re-1
  10. South Routt School District No. Re 3
  11. Holly School District No. Re-3
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Mancos School District Re-6
  2. Dolores School District No. Re-4A
  3. Denver 1
  4. Holyoke School District No. Re-1J
  5. Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
  6. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  7. Deer Trail School District No. 26J
  8. Elbert School District No. 200
  9. Weld County School District No. Re-9
  10. Big Sandy School District No. 100J
  11. School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and: closest on enrollment (384 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($62,670 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

$5.7M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenditure
$1.7M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.2M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and: 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. Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and places 59 of 94 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

View all Colorado districts →

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
Elbert School District No. 200
$51,738
281 students
Rangely School District RE4
$59,497
488 students
Huerfano School District Re-1
$64,348
491 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 Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and
What is the average teacher salary in Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and?

The average teacher salary in Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and is $62,670 (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 Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and pays 2.7% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $62,670.

How does Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and teacher pay compare to the national average?

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and pays 10.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $62,670.

What is the per-pupil spending in Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and?

Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and spends approximately $14,193 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and's total expenditure of $5.5M (NCES FY2023).

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