School district · Colorado · LEAID 0802580
School District 27J
School District 27J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,472 (above only 60% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for School District 27J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $65,472
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $17,772
- Per-pupil spending
- 22,713
- Students enrolled
- 60th
- Pct. in CO
Near benchmark
School District 27J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,472 (above only 60% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $65,472, below the national average of $70,245, serving 22,713 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower-third pay in state: School District 27J sits in the lowest third of Colorado districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,472 (above only 60% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 60th percentile for Colorado
- 49th percentile nationally
- 21% 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.
- School District 27J ranks #56 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #68 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
- +18.4% 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, School District 27J's instructional payroll puts 14.3% into special education , 6.1 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 | School District | CO median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 82.2% | 79.6% | +2.6 pp |
| Special education | 14.3% | 8.2% | +6.1 pp |
| Vocational programs | 2.7% | 5.8% | -3.1 pp |
| Other programs | 0.8% | 4.1% | -3.3 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 0802580 · FY2023.
LEAID 0802580 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
School District F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $65,472 estimated average teacher salary · P60 in Colorado · P49 nationally · 21% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Pueblo (+$222est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for School District
Salary neighbourhood · School District
School District 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).
- School · low pole
School · low pole
$54,971 est. salary
- Pueblo · near
Pueblo · near
$64,689 est. salary
- School · this district
School · this district
$65,472 est. salary
- Pueblo · near
Pueblo · near
$65,695 est. salary
- Weld · near
Weld · near
$65,899 est. salary
- Cherry · top pay
Cherry · top pay
$100,672 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for School District
School District 27J's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$65,472 49th percentile higher than 49% 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
School District in Colorado's lower-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
- School District 27J
School District 27J
$65,472 est. avg salary
- Julesburg School District No. Re1
Julesburg School District No. Re1
$55,561 est. avg salary
What this shows School District 27J ranks #56 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #68 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
School District 27J 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
- School District 27J $17,772
School District 27J
$17,772 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 School District 27J
- Estimated teacher pay here moved +18.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 7.1 points, a growth rate faster than 41% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment grew 21.2% here, from 18,740 students in FY2019 to 22,713 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.
Colorado sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $65,472.453
- Colorado price level
- 101.9 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $64,279
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 School District 27J
What the Numbers Say About School District 27J
School District 27J is a mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 22,713 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,772. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,472, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0802580 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in School District 27J runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 1.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 60% 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, School District 27J reports $403.7M in total expenditure against $350.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 21% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $62.4M, special-education teacher pay is $10.8M.
How does School District 27J compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Colorado average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
School District 27J pays -22.9% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $17,772 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, School District 27J sits closest to Pueblo County School District 70; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an. 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.
- Pueblo County School District 70
- Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and
- School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
- Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
- Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
- El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
- Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co
- Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
- Thompson School District R-2J
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
- Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
- School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
- Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
- Poudre School District R-1
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
Similar estimated teacher pay
- Pueblo County School District 70$65,695 estimated salary+0.3% versus this district · 10,501 students
- Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and$64,689 estimated salary-1.2% versus this district · 15,025 students
- School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of$66,915 estimated salary+2.2% versus this district · 9,611 students
Similar per-pupil investment
- Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an$17,821 per pupil+0.3% versus this district · $73,384 estimated salary
- Thompson School District R-2J$17,892 per pupil+0.7% versus this district · $73,985 estimated salary
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E$17,548 per pupil-1.3% versus this district · $78,940 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near School District 27J's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for School District 27J: closest on enrollment (22,713 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,472 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 School District 27J: 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. School District 27J places 44 of 93 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.
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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 School District 27J
What is the average teacher salary in School District 27J?
The average teacher salary in School District 27J is $65,472 (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 School District 27J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?
School District 27J pays 1.6% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $65,472.
How does School District 27J teacher pay compare to the national average?
School District 27J pays 6.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,472.
What is the per-pupil spending in School District 27J?
School District 27J spends approximately $17,772 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of School District 27J's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 21% of School District 27J's total expenditure of $403.7M (NCES FY2023).
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