Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St

What the Numbers Say About Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St

Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St is a small school district in Colorado, serving 311 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,322. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $77,219, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0806840 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $73,266, teacher pay in Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 5.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (6.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 68% 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, Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St reports $5.4M in total expenditure against $5.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 30% 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. 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.