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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 in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (87,883 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$84,963
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$22,623
Per-pupil spending
87,883
Students enrolled
94th
Pct. in CO
$84,963

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (87,883 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $84,963, above the national average of $70,245, serving 87,883 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Large enrollment scale: School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (87,883 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 94th percentile for Colorado
  • 80th percentile nationally
  • 26% 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C ranks #8 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #24 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
  • +33.0% 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's instructional payroll puts 55.3% into regular program , 24.4 points below the state median of 79.6%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program School District CO median Gap
Regular program 55.3% 79.6% -24.4 pp
Special education 19.5% 8.2% +11.3 pp
Vocational programs 5.8% 5.8% +0.0 pp
Other programs 19.4% 4.1% +15.3 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 0803360 · FY2023.

LEAID 0803360 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

School District F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +32% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P94 in state RANK-NAT-MID P80 national PPE-HIGH $23K/pupil ENR-MEGA 88K students INSTR-LOW 26% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Aurora FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $84,963 estimated average teacher salary · P94 in Colorado · P80 nationally · 26% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Westminster (+$2,085est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for School District

Salary neighbourhood · School District

School District already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (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 School District

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$84,963 Top 20% higher than 80% 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%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $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

School District in Colorado's upper-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 School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C ranks #8 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #24 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

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

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +33.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 7.5 points, a growth rate faster than 77% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • With 87,883 students, it is the 35th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
  • A district of this scale typically enrolls more students than several entire states' worth of smaller districts combined, which is part of why the per-pupil and per-teacher figures here should be read as an aggregate across many schools rather than a single-campus estimate.
  • Its total annual revenue of $1.96B puts it among just 23 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.

Scale composition for 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 enrolls 87,883 students (0.19% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $1.96B, putting it among 23 districts at this budget scale or larger.

Reported teacher FTE is 5,947, about 14.8 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 61 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 26th densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.

Instructional salaries take 26% of total expenditure on a $1.99B budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.

Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):

District Enrollment Est. avg salary Revenue
Alpine District · Utah 87,136 $88,988 $979M
Fulton County · Georgia 89,935 $74,921 $1.71B
Prince William County Public Schools · Virginia 91,101 $81,008 $1.74B
Anne Arundel County Public Schools · Maryland 84,452 $90,873 $1.80B
Pasco · Florida 84,032 $49,561 $1.08B

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$84,963.068

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
$83,415

-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 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 87,883 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $22,623. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $84,963, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803360 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 31.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (21.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 94% 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C reports $1988.2M in total expenditure against $1963.4M 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 $279.2M, special-education teacher pay is $98.7M.

How does School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 $78,435
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C pays +8.3% more than Jefferson County School District No. R-1 · per-pupil $22,623 vs $17,069

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

Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A is School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's nearest match on both pay and per-pupil investment, which is uncommon: the two signals point at different districts for roughly 98% of districts. 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. Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
  2. Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  3. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  4. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  5. Douglas County School District No. Re 1
  6. Poudre School District R-1
  7. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
  8. Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
  9. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
  10. GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
  11. Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
  2. GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
  3. Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
  4. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
  5. School District 27J
  6. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  7. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  8. Poudre School District R-1
  9. Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  10. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
  11. Douglas County School District No. Re 1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C: closest on enrollment (87,883 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($84,963 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

$1963.4M
Total Revenue
$1988.2M
Total Expenditure
$507.8M
Instruction Salaries
26% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$279.2M
Regular Program
$98.7M
Special Education
$29.2M
Vocational
$98.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% 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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C sits in the upper quarter of that field at 8 of 93, nearer the ceiling than the floor. 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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Other Colorado Districts

Large-district sample from 140 Colorado peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
$78,940
22,725 students
School District 27J
$65,472
22,713 students
GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
$68,981
22,200 students
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
$60,634
20,762 students
Thompson School District R-2J
$73,985
15,083 students
Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and
$64,689
15,025 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 School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
What is the average teacher salary in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C?

The average teacher salary in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C is $84,963 (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 No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C pays 31.8% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $84,963.

How does School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C teacher pay compare to the national average?

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C pays 21.0% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $84,963.

What is the per-pupil spending in 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 spends approximately $22,623 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 26% of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's total expenditure of $1988.2M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.