Telluride School District R-1

Listed by NCES as Telluride School District No. R-1 (district ID 0806870)

Public school district · San Miguel County · Colorado · NCES district ID 0806870

Telluride School District R-1 spent $20,208 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 71% of the other Colorado districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $17,529). Its 4 schools enrolled 799 students in 2024-25; 26.8% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,287 per student, up 20.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (Colorado: 82.7%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Colorado districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Telluride School District R-1 in enrollment (796 to 993 students) and Telluride School District R-1 itself.

Current spending per student, Colorado districts closest in size to Telluride School District R-1, FY23Telluride School District R-1 $20,208; Lake County $19,116; Las Animas $15,215; Platte Canyon, $15,068; Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and $14,520; Ellicott School District 22 $13,264; Yuma $12,299; Weld County School District No. Re-9 $12,220; Wiggins $12,119; North Conejos School District No. Re1J $11,862; State median, under 1,000 students $17,529.10k15k20k25kTelluride School District R-1$20,208Lake County$19,116Las Animas$15,215Platte Canyon,$15,068Trinidad School District 1 in …$14,520Ellicott School District 22$13,264Yuma$12,299Weld County School District No…$12,220Wiggins$12,119North Conejos School District …$11,862State median, under 1,000 students $17,529
Current spending per student, Colorado districts closest in size to Telluride School District R-1, FY23Telluride School District R-1 $20,208; Lake County $19,116; Las Animas $15,215; Platte Canyon, $15,068; Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and $14,520; Ellicott School District 22 $13,264; Yuma $12,299; Weld County School District No. Re-9 $12,220; Wiggins $12,119; North Conejos School District No. Re1J $11,862; State median, under 1,000 students $17,529.10k15k20k25kTelluride School District R-1$20,208Lake County$19,116Las Animas$15,215Platte Canyon,$15,068Trinidad School District 1 in the c…$14,520Ellicott School District 22$13,264Yuma$12,299Weld County School District No. Re-9$12,220Wiggins$12,119North Conejos School District No. R…$11,862State median, under 1,000 students $17,529
Current spending per student, Colorado districts closest in size to Telluride School District R-1, FY23Telluride School District R-1 $20,208; Lake County $19,116; Las Animas $15,215; Platte Canyon, $15,068; Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and $14,520; Ellicott School District 22 $13,264; Yuma $12,299; Weld County School District No. Re-9 $12,220; Wiggins $12,119; North Conejos School District No. Re1J $11,862; State median, under 1,000 students $17,529.10k15k20k25kTelluride School District R-1$20,208Lake County$19,116Las Animas$15,215Platte Canyon,$15,068Trinidad School District 1 in the county of…$14,520Ellicott School District 22$13,264Yuma$12,299Weld County School District No. Re-9$12,220Wiggins$12,119North Conejos School District No. Re1J$11,862State median, under 1,000 students $17,529
Current spending per student, Colorado districts closest in size to Telluride School District R-1, FY23Telluride School District R-1 $20,208; Lake County $19,116; Las Animas $15,215; Platte Canyon, $15,068; Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and $14,520; Ellicott School District 22 $13,264; Yuma $12,299; Weld County School District No. Re-9 $12,220; Wiggins $12,119; North Conejos School District No. Re1J $11,862; State median, under 1,000 students $17,529.10k15k20k25kTelluride School District R-1$20,208Lake County$19,116Las Animas$15,215Platte Canyon,$15,068Trinidad School District 1 in the count…$14,520Ellicott School District 22$13,264Yuma$12,299Weld County School District No. Re-9$12,220Wiggins$12,119North Conejos School District No. Re1J$11,862State median, under 1,000 students $17,529

Where the money came from

$22,978,000 in revenue: 26.8% state, 68.4% local and 4.8% federal. Total spending including $6,963,000 of capital outlay was $26,043,000, or $29,098 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Telluride School District R-1 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $6,169,000; Local $15,715,000; Federal $1,094,000; total $22,978,000.
  • State$6,169,000 27%
  • Local$15,715,000 68%
  • Federal$1,094,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 109 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

895 students in 2022-23, 801 students in 2023-24, 799 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Telluride School District R-1 enrollment by school year2022-23: 895, 2023-24: 801, 2024-25: 79902505007501k2022-238952023-248012024-25799
Telluride School District R-1 enrollment by school year2022-23: 895, 2023-24: 801, 2024-25: 79902505007501k2022-238952023-248012024-25799
Telluride School District R-1 enrollment by school year2022-23: 895, 2023-24: 801, 2024-25: 79902505007501k2022-238952023-248012024-25799
Telluride School District R-1 enrollment by school year2022-23: 895, 2023-24: 801, 2024-25: 79902505007501k2022-238952023-248012024-25799

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2389568.513.1
2023-2480153.515.0
2024-2579964.212.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$6,051,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,761 per student

Telluride School District R-1 booked $6,051,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 69 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $87,963 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 96 in 100 Colorado districts with a figure (state median $62,708, 161 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Colorado teacher salary at $58,481 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$4,865,00080.4%
Special education$429,0007.1%
Vocational$478,0007.9%
Other programs$279,0004.6%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $5,812 in 2018-19, $6,304 in 2019-20, $6,947 in 2020-21, $6,814 in 2021-22, $6,761 in 2022-23.

Telluride School District R-1 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,812, 2019-20: $6,304, 2020-21: $6,947, 2021-22: $6,814, 2022-23: $6,76102k4k6k8k2018-19$5,8122019-20$6,3042020-21$6,9472021-22$6,8142022-23$6,761
Telluride School District R-1 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,812, 2019-20: $6,304, 2020-21: $6,947, 2021-22: $6,814, 2022-23: $6,76102k4k6k8k2018-19$5,8122019-20$6,3042020-21$6,9472021-22$6,8142022-23$6,761
Telluride School District R-1 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,812, 2019-20: $6,304, 2020-21: $6,947, 2021-22: $6,814, 2022-23: $6,76102k4k6k8k2018-19$5,8122019-20$6,3042020-21$6,9472021-22$6,8142022-23$6,761
Telluride School District R-1 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,812, 2019-20: $6,304, 2020-21: $6,947, 2021-22: $6,814, 2022-23: $6,76102k4k6k8k2018-19$5,8122019-20$6,3042020-21$6,9472021-22$6,8142022-23$6,761

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Telluride School District R-1 scored proficient or above: 46% in math, against 44.9% in reading and 31.8% in math across Colorado. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Colorado, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtColoradoStudents tested
Math46%31.8%447

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90-94% of the 69 students in Telluride School District R-1's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.7% across Colorado. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtColorado
Four-year graduation rate90‑94%82.7%
Students in the class6968,390

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 377 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Telluride Intermediate School23713.628.3%Targeted program
Telluride Elementary School1407.722.1%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 124 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Telluride Middle School12413.524.2%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 298 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Telluride High School29815.521.1%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Telluride School District R-1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Telluride School District R-1

  1. Colorado districts by spending per studentTelluride School District R-1 ranks 32 of 109 Colorado districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($20,208).#32 of 109
  2. Every school district in ColoradoTelluride School District R-1 is the number 77 by size of 185 Colorado districts, with 895 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#77 of 185
  3. Lake County School DistrictThe next larger Colorado district: 979 students in fall 2022, $19,116 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$19,116
  4. Yuma School DistrictThe next smaller Colorado district: 886 students in fall 2022, $12,299 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,299
  5. Compare Telluride School District R-1 with Lake County School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Telluride High School, its largest high school298 students in 2024-25, 15.5 per teacher.298
  7. Teacher salary spending across ColoradoTelluride School District R-1 spent $87,963 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $62,708); spending, not a salary.$87,963
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Telluride School District R-1

  1. How many schools and students are in Telluride School District R-1?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 799 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Telluride School District R-1 spend per student?
    $20,208 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Colorado median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $17,529 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,287 per student, up 20.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Telluride School District R-1's money come from?
    $22,978,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 26.8% state, 68.4% local and 4.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Telluride School District R-1 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 31 of the 744 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 4.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Telluride School District R-1 spend on teacher salaries?
    $6,051,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,761 per student. Divided by the 69 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $87,963 per teacher, more than 96 in 100 Colorado districts (state median $62,708). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Colorado teacher salary at $58,481 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Telluride School District R-1 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Telluride School District R-1 scored proficient or above: 46% in math, against 44.9% in reading and 31.8% in math across Colorado. Colorado's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Telluride School District R-1?
    90-94% of the 69 students in Telluride School District R-1's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.7% across Colorado. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Telluride School District R-1's NCES district ID?
    0806870. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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