PlainTeacher

School district · Colorado · LEAID 0804920

Weld County School District RE-3J

Weld County School District RE-3J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (2,785 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Weld County School District RE-3J come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$64,056
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,387
Per-pupil spending
2,785
Students enrolled
55th
Pct. in CO
$64,056

Weld County School District RE-3J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (2,785 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $64,056, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,785 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Weld County School District RE-3J is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Colorado districts (2,785 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 55th percentile for Colorado
  • 46th 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.
  • Weld County School District RE-3J ranks #63 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #122 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
  • +29.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

Keep this district in your shortlist

Save it in this browser, then return when PlainTeacher adds a newer public-data release. No account or personal details required.

View saved

LEAID 0804920 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Weld County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P55 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P46 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-MID 2,785 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Moffat FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $64,056 estimated average teacher salary · P55 in Colorado · P46 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Pueblo (+$633est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Weld County

Salary neighbourhood · Weld County

Weld County sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Weld County

Weld County School District RE-3J's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$64,056 46th percentile higher than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Weld County 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 Weld County School District RE-3J ranks #63 of 138 Colorado districts by estimated teacher salary and #122 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

Weld County School District RE-3J 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 Weld County School District RE-3J

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +29.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Colorado's statewide +25.5% by 3.6 points, a growth rate faster than 67% of the 168 Colorado districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 9.2% here, from 2,551 students in FY2019 to 2,785 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

Colorado sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$64,055.633

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
$62,888

-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 Weld County School District RE-3J

What the Numbers Say About Weld County School District RE-3J

Weld County School District RE-3J is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Colorado, serving 2,785 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,387. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $64,056, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0804920 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Colorado statewide average of $64,442, teacher pay in Weld County School District RE-3J runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 0.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (8.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Colorado, it pays more than 55% 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, Weld County School District RE-3J reports $40.1M in total expenditure against $46.2M 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 $9.4M, special-education teacher pay is $1.1M.

How does Weld County School District RE-3J compare?

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

Weld County School District RE-3J $64,056
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C $84,963
Colorado avg $64,442
National avg $70,245

Weld County School District RE-3J pays -24.6% less than School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · per-pupil $14,387 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, Weld County School District RE-3J sits closest to Moffat County School District RE: No. 1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co. 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. Moffat County School District RE: No. 1
  2. Fremont Re-1
  3. Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and
  4. Alamosa School District No. Re-11J
  5. Salida School District No. R-32
  6. Meeker School District Re1
  7. Delta County Joint District No. 50
  8. Woodland Park School District No. Re-2
  9. Las Animas School District No. Re-1
  10. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
  11. Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of El
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co
  2. Moffat County School District RE: No. 1
  3. Weld re-8 schools
  4. Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E
  5. Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
  6. Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
  7. Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
  8. Monte Vista School District No. C-8
  9. Elizabeth School District
  10. Delta County Joint District No. 50
  11. Pueblo County School District 70

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Weld County School District RE-3J's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Weld County School District RE-3J: closest on enrollment (2,785 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($64,056 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

$46.2M
Total Revenue
$40.1M
Total Expenditure
$12.8M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$9.4M
Regular Program
$1.1M
Special Education
$0.5M
Vocational
$0.6M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Weld County School District RE-3J: 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. Weld County School District RE-3J places 49 of 93 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

Weld County School District No. Re-7
$76,840
1,094 students
Monte Vista School District No. C-8
$54,351
1,033 students
Buena Vista School District No. R-31
$59,145
1,032 students
Estes Park School District R-3
$68,453
1,014 students
Weld County School District No. Re-9
$51,589
993 students
North Conejos School District No. Re1J
$56,549
988 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 Weld County School District RE-3J
What is the average teacher salary in Weld County School District RE-3J?

The average teacher salary in Weld County School District RE-3J is $64,056 (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 Weld County School District RE-3J teacher pay compare to the Colorado average?

Weld County School District RE-3J pays 0.6% less than the Colorado state average of $64,442. The district's average is $64,056.

How does Weld County School District RE-3J teacher pay compare to the national average?

Weld County School District RE-3J pays 8.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $64,056.

What is the per-pupil spending in Weld County School District RE-3J?

Weld County School District RE-3J spends approximately $14,387 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Weld County School District RE-3J's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Weld County School District RE-3J's total expenditure of $40.1M (NCES FY2023).

Next read for Weld County School District RE-3J
Disclaimer & data sources

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher

Cite, share, embed & editorial notes

Share this district data

Download a sourced data card or share the canonical district profile.

X Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp Email
Embed this widget

Copy this snippet to embed a live-linked card on your own site.

Editorial standards & source notes

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. Weld County School District RE-3J'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.