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School district · Colorado · LEAID 0805370

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (31,894 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$73,410
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$15,935
Per-pupil spending
31,894
Students enrolled
79th
Pct. in CO
$73,410

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (31,894 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $73,410, near the national average of $70,245, serving 31,894 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Large enrollment scale: St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (31,894 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 79th percentile for Colorado
  • 65th 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.
  • St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J ranks #28 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #100 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
  • +29.3% 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, St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J's instructional payroll puts 12.7% into special education , 4.5 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 St. Vrain CO median Gap
Regular program 78.2% 79.6% -1.4 pp
Special education 12.7% 8.2% +4.5 pp
Vocational programs 6.0% 5.8% +0.2 pp
Other programs 3.0% 4.1% -1.1 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 0805370 · FY2023.

LEAID 0805370 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

St. Vrain F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +14% vs state RANK-ST-MID P79 in state RANK-NAT-MID P65 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-LARGE 31.9K students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Fountain FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $73,410 estimated average teacher salary · P79 in Colorado · P65 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Fountain ($26est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for St. Vrain

Salary neighbourhood · St. Vrain

St. Vrain 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 St. Vrain

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$73,410 Top 35% higher than 65% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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

What stands out about St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +29.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 3.8 points, a growth rate faster than 68% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$73,409.698

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
$72,072

-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 St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

What the Numbers Say About St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is a mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 31,894 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,935. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $73,410, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0805370 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 13.9% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (4.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 79% 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, St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J reports $508.2M in total expenditure against $586.4M 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 $110.9M, special-education teacher pay is $18.0M.

How does St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J compare?

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

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J $73,410
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J pays -13.6% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $15,935 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, St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J sits closest to Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Adams 12 Five Star Schools. 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. Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
  2. Thompson School District R-2J
  3. Poudre School District R-1
  4. GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta
  5. Douglas County School District No. Re 1
  6. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  7. Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
  8. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  9. School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
  10. Pueblo County School District 70
  11. School District 27J
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  2. Pueblo County School District 70
  3. Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
  4. Poudre School District R-1
  5. Douglas County School District No. Re 1
  6. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
  7. Jefferson County School District No. R-1
  8. School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
  9. Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
  10. School District 27J
  11. Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J: closest on enrollment (31,894 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($73,410 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

$586.4M
Total Revenue
$508.2M
Total Expenditure
$161.5M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$110.9M
Regular Program
$18.0M
Special Education
$8.6M
Vocational
$4.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% 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. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J sits in the upper quarter of that field at 24 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.

Montrose County School District Re-1J
$67,757
6,029 students
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
$81,661
5,771 students
School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo
$76,815
5,692 students
Durango School District No. 9-R
$56,158
5,452 students
Garfield School District No. Re-2
$67,041
4,662 students
Delta County Joint District No. 50
$62,902
4,592 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 St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
What is the average teacher salary in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J?

The average teacher salary in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is $73,410 (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 St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J pays 13.9% more than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $73,410.

How does St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J teacher pay compare to the national average?

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J pays 4.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $73,410.

What is the per-pupil spending in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J?

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J spends approximately $15,935 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J's total expenditure of $508.2M (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. St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J'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.