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Upper Rio Grande School District C-7

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (386 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$55,520
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$19,974
Per-pupil spending
386
Students enrolled
28th
Pct. in CO
$55,520

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (386 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $55,520, below the national average of $70,245, serving 386 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (386 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 28th percentile for Colorado
  • 27th percentile nationally
  • 27% 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.
  • Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 ranks #101 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #37 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
  • +13.5% 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, Upper Rio Grande School District C-7's instructional payroll puts 91.6% into regular program , 12.0 points above the state median of 79.6%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Colorado district.

Program Upper Rio CO median Gap
Regular program 91.6% 79.6% +12.0 pp
Special education 3.8% 8.2% -4.4 pp
Vocational programs 4.6% 5.8% -1.2 pp
Other programs 0.1% 4.1% -4.1 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 0803300 · FY2023.

LEAID 0803300 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Upper Rio F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -14% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P28 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P27 national PPE-MID $20K/pupil ENR-TINY 386 students INSTR-LOW 27% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near School FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $55,520 estimated average teacher salary · P28 in Colorado · P27 nationally · 27% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: School ($548est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Upper Rio

Salary neighbourhood · Upper Rio

Upper Rio trails 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 Upper Rio

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$55,520 27th percentile higher than 27% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $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

Upper Rio in Colorado's lower-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 Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 ranks #101 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #37 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

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 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 Upper Rio Grande School District C-7

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +13.5% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 12.0 points, a growth rate faster than 27% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 412 to 386 students (6.3% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (386 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$55,519.576

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
$54,508

-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 Upper Rio Grande School District C-7

What the Numbers Say About Upper Rio Grande School District C-7

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is a small school district in Colorado, serving 386 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,974. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $55,520, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0803300 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 13.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (21.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 28% 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, Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 reports $7.7M in total expenditure against $9.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 27% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 compare?

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

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 $55,520
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 pays -34.7% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $19,974 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, Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 sits closest to School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J. 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. School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of
  2. Julesburg School District No. Re1
  3. Cheraw School District No. 31 in the county of Otero and S
  4. La Veta School District Re-2
  5. Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a
  6. Strasburg School District 31J
  7. Branson Reorganized School District No. 82
  8. Rocky Ford School District No. R2
  9. North Conejos School District No. Re1J
  10. Dolores School District No. Re-4A
  11. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J
  2. Park County School District No. Re-2
  3. Otis School District No. R-3
  4. West Grand School District No. 1
  5. Hayden School District No. Re 1
  6. Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an
  7. Calhan District No. RJ1
  8. Fremont Re-2
  9. Weld County School District No. Re-7
  10. Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J
  11. Kiowa County School District No. Re-1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Upper Rio Grande School District C-7's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Upper Rio Grande School District C-7: closest on enrollment (386 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($55,520 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

$9.5M
Total Revenue
$7.7M
Total Expenditure
$2.1M
Instruction Salaries
27% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.7M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7: 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. Placed 79 of 94, Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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.

View all Colorado districts →

Other Colorado Districts

Smaller-district sample from 140 Colorado peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa
$69,960
314 students
School District No. Re-4 Buffalo
$53,117
314 students
Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St
$51,364
314 students
Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1
$71,408
313 students
School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of
$55,484
309 students
Springfield School District No. Re-4
$45,795
304 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 Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
What is the average teacher salary in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7?

The average teacher salary in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 is $55,520 (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 Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 pays 13.8% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $55,520.

How does Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 pays 21.0% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $55,520.

What is the per-pupil spending in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7?

Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 spends approximately $19,974 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Upper Rio Grande School District C-7's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 27% of Upper Rio Grande School District C-7's total expenditure of $7.7M (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. Upper Rio Grande School District C-7'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.