School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

What the Numbers Say About School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C is a large urban school district in Colorado, serving 88,911 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,296. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $79,630, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803360 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 8.7% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (3.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 73% 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, School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C reports $1715.6M in total expenditure against $1763.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $222.5M, special-education teacher pay is $87.5M. 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.