How equitable is school funding in Colorado?

The average funding equity score for Colorado school districts is 50 out of 100, compared to the national average of 49. This score considers per-pupil spending, need-adjusted spending, funding source diversity, and student-teacher ratios.

What does the equity score measure?

The equity score (0-100) measures four dimensions: per-pupil spending level, need-adjusted spending (rewarding districts that spend more where poverty is higher), funding diversity (less reliance on local property taxes), and resource access (lower student-teacher ratios).

School Funding Equity in Colorado

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 4, 2026

144 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology.

State Avg Score

National Avg Score

Highly Equitable (70+)

Low Equity (<30)

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	La Veta School District Re-2	238	$75,923	40.4%	13.0%	97
2	West End School District No. Re-2	260	$26,188	43.1%	18.1%	90
3	Springfield School District No. Re-4	304	$50,935	50.0%	12.4%	89
4	Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	641	$22,111	55.7%	29.7%	86
5	Rocky Ford School District No. R2	632	$19,635	68.3%	16.1%	86
6	Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	289	$76,247	66.8%	23.3%	85
7	Granada School District No. Re-1	213	$20,362	51.7%	25.2%	85
8	Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count	607	$21,452	79.0%	14.5%	83
9	School District No. Re-3 Frenchman	221	$55,654	18.8%	48.6%	82
10	Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St	314	$17,322	33.0%	20.7%	78
11	Huerfano School District Re-1	491	$23,295	73.2%	41.6%	77
12	South Routt School District No. Re 3	350	$42,290	16.9%	38.7%	77
13	North Conejos School District No. Re1J	988	$24,999	58.1%	8.2%	76
14	Holyoke School District No. Re-1J	552	$19,701	44.3%	38.4%	75
15	Upper Rio Grande School District C-7	386	$22,548	41.4%	53.2%	74
16	Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt	266	$17,237	33.6%	20.7%	74
17	Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1	221	$21,643	34.4%	26.8%	73
18	Otis School District No. R-3	201	$16,621	42.1%	28.0%	73
19	Sheridan School District No. 2	1,125	$23,160	75.4%	41.1%	72
20	Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a	332	$24,206	15.7%	55.3%	72
21	Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J	259	$19,996	40.3%	41.8%	72
22	Cheraw School District No. 31 in the county of Otero and S	227	$16,281	30.4%	13.4%	72
23	Lake County School District No. R-1	979	$26,093	36.1%	44.4%	71
24	Strasburg School District 31J	1,209	$27,939	24.8%	37.5%	70
25	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	12,267	$17,595	53.1%	24.7%	68
26	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	3,869	$33,902	17.3%	41.4%	68
27	Julesburg School District No. Re1	607	$21,363	39.9%	14.6%	68
28	West Grand School District No. 1	391	$19,377	29.4%	51.8%	68
29	McClave School District No. Re-2	258	$16,835	29.9%	24.8%	68
30	Big Sandy School District No. 100J	361	$16,529	43.8%	36.0%	67
31	Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and	15,025	$21,498	70.9%	29.0%	66
32	Yuma 1 School District	886	$27,999	47.5%	30.3%	66
33	Primero Reorganized School District No. 2	258	$21,360	38.0%	40.6%	66
34	Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2	2,664	$28,544	7.7%	67.1%	65
35	Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1	313	$25,145	55.0%	63.8%	64
36	Holly School District No. Re-3	273	$25,756	45.4%	53.8%	64
37	Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	8,201	$16,635	30.9%	5.9%	63
38	Weld County School District No. Re-2	1,977	$53,923	23.6%	74.5%	62
39	Clear Creek School District No. Re-1	680	$24,455	20.3%	75.3%	62
40	Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an	287	$18,346	53.3%	34.0%	62
41	Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and	796	$16,496	65.6%	22.5%	61
42	Dolores County School District RE-2J	263	$18,126	37.5%	63.6%	60
43	GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta	22,200	$21,500	55.0%	38.8%	59
44	East Otero School District No. R1	1,355	$16,242	72.4%	18.6%	59
45	East Grand School District No. 2	1,283	$21,368	15.6%	84.1%	59
46	Telluride School District No. R-1	895	$21,896	14.2%	70.5%	59
47	Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas	340	$19,268	39.0%	28.7%	59
48	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	87,883	$19,296	60.9%	70.4%	58
49	Weld County School District No. Re-7	1,094	$21,000	29.6%	78.7%	58
50	Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa	314	$18,272	23.8%	48.0%	58
51	Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	1,279	$15,267	29.2%	37.7%	57
52	Fowler School District No. R4J	347	$14,093	34.4%	27.1%	56
53	School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley	235	$14,964	29.2%	32.7%	56
54	Westminster Public Schools	8,004	$17,587	60.0%	41.9%	55
55	Fremont Re-1	3,305	$15,075	46.6%	30.7%	55
56	Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a	981	$13,688	46.9%	15.6%	55
57	Akron School District No. R-1	427	$14,363	37.2%	37.7%	55
58	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	1,837	$16,817	37.9%	60.4%	54
59	School District No. Re-2 Brush	1,366	$17,225	43.3%	60.4%	54
60	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	38,135	$19,113	69.6%	46.4%	53
61	Las Animas School District No. Re-1	822	$16,362	39.7%	20.4%	53
62	School District No. Re-4 Buffalo	314	$16,121	18.1%	34.9%	53
63	Meeker School District Re1	712	$19,531	29.8%	62.9%	52
64	Park County School District No. Re-2	595	$18,106	31.4%	79.0%	52
65	Hayden School District No. Re 1	454	$18,844	15.8%	69.0%	52
66	Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J	379	$16,037	61.0%	23.6%	52
67	Elbert School District No. 200	281	$14,762	18.9%	27.4%	52
68	Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113	224	$16,221	28.1%	50.0%	52
69	Salida School District No. R-32	1,327	$16,657	25.2%	58.4%	51
70	Rangely School District RE4	488	$15,271	34.6%	40.7%	51
71	Calhan District No. RJ1	424	$13,753	40.5%	29.9%	51
72	Custer County School District Consolidate 1	354	$16,255	28.3%	65.9%	51
73	School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo	5,692	$15,770	66.2%	40.5%	50
74	Gilpin County School District No. Re-1	408	$16,581	24.6%	59.9%	50
75	School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat	221	$16,069	29.2%	31.8%	50
76	Poudre School District R-1	29,995	$17,617	29.2%	57.5%	49
77	Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St	7,088	$16,096	49.7%	37.2%	49
78	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	22,725	$15,578	49.5%	47.8%	48
79	Durango School District No. 9-R	5,452	$15,110	29.4%	48.5%	48
80	Aspen School District No. 1 in the county of Pitkin and Sta	1,572	$43,632	—	89.1%	48
81	Kiowa County School District No. Re-1	211	$13,397	33.2%	27.2%	48
82	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	6,620	$17,114	27.2%	72.6%	47
83	Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and	600	$14,376	17.0%	29.6%	47
84	Branson Reorganized School District No. 82	442	$10,884	40.6%	17.1%	47
85	Thompson School District R-2J	15,083	$16,792	32.3%	54.1%	46
86	Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of El	1,317	$15,026	20.1%	45.3%	46
87	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	52,392	$17,211	24.2%	48.6%	45
88	Summit School District No. Re 1	3,633	$16,437	20.0%	78.2%	45
89	Sargent School District No. Re-33J	322	$15,579	29.9%	41.0%	45
90	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	5,771	$16,558	25.0%	64.4%	44
91	Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe	2,441	$20,278	51.0%	73.1%	44
92	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	2,010	$15,359	23.7%	49.0%	44
93	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	13,450	$21,061	16.6%	64.6%	43
94	Wray RD-2 School District	724	$15,043	38.5%	49.3%	43
95	Limon School District No. Re 4J	457	$15,163	34.3%	51.5%	43
96	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	75,327	$16,228	31.0%	55.3%	42
97	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	28,485	$17,381	23.5%	80.6%	42
98	Estes Park School District R-3	1,014	$16,129	26.8%	86.3%	42
99	Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and	384	$13,672	32.2%	13.0%	42
100	State Charter School Institute	19,239	$12,972	42.3%	8.8%	41
101	Garfield School District No. Re-2	4,662	$13,949	38.3%	37.7%	41
102	School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan	3,423	$12,715	52.2%	32.1%	41
103	Alamosa School District No. Re-11J	2,116	$12,140	60.8%	24.6%	41
104	Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi	1,198	$14,372	41.4%	46.2%	41
105	Delta County Joint District No. 50	4,592	$14,468	42.1%	29.6%	39
106	Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt	1,678	$13,852	41.2%	47.4%	39
107	Monte Vista School District No. C-8	1,033	$13,055	59.2%	22.0%	39
108	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	35,747	$14,916	40.8%	45.4%	38
109	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of	9,612	$13,481	25.4%	30.7%	38
110	Haxtun School District No. Re-2J	334	$14,593	24.8%	39.3%	38
111	School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of	309	$14,924	33.4%	38.4%	38
112	Mancos School District Re-6	509	$13,926	39.8%	24.4%	37
113	School District No. Re-50 Wiggins	862	$17,425	25.2%	74.3%	36
114	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	20,762	$13,239	35.9%	38.9%	35
115	Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3	319	$14,115	28.5%	37.7%	35
116	Pueblo County School District 70	10,501	$13,400	40.1%	31.7%	33
117	Dolores School District No. Re-4A	683	$12,784	38.2%	30.7%	33
118	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	1,032	$17,004	25.6%	68.3%	32
119	Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	2,449	$12,250	53.0%	42.2%	29
120	Lamar School District No. Re-2	1,522	$10,081	55.8%	17.9%	29
121	Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park	797	$13,131	14.3%	50.9%	29
122	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	31,894	$14,058	27.2%	54.1%	28
123	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	24,517	$11,710	23.7%	23.9%	28
124	Deer Trail School District No. 26J	325	$14,271	38.6%	47.5%	28
125	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	25,719	$12,372	11.9%	44.7%	27
126	Montrose County School District Re-1J	6,029	$12,038	45.8%	28.8%	27
127	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E	3,737	$13,272	14.6%	56.3%	27
128	Byers School District No. 32J	5,671	$9,082	23.3%	5.6%	26
129	Weld County School District RE-3J	2,785	$13,955	37.3%	67.1%	26
130	Weld re-8 schools	2,522	$14,400	41.3%	60.7%	26
131	Fremont Re-2	1,390	$11,320	40.8%	37.2%	26
132	School District 27J	22,713	$13,426	32.6%	44.5%	25
133	Weld County School District No. Re-9	993	$12,079	28.8%	62.4%	25
134	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	62,341	$14,103	9.7%	52.8%	23
135	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co	6,496	$11,942	7.8%	44.8%	22
136	School District No. Re-1 Valley	1,972	$11,477	39.1%	41.0%	22
137	DENVER 1	390	$11,735	3.1%	39.3%	22
138	Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J	762	$10,772	48.8%	43.7%	21
139	ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,379	$13,057	11.2%	43.8%	17
140	Moffat County School District RE: No. 1	2,092	$13,371	34.1%	55.5%	16
141	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	8,227	$12,319	14.7%	56.8%	15
142	Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J	2,061	$13,944	18.3%	69.7%	15
143	Bennett School District No. 29J	1,296	$12,549	23.2%	51.8%	13
144	EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES	3,937	$9,090	—	91.3%	8

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:

Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)

Higher spending relative to peers

Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)

Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest

Funding Diversity (0-25)

Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support

Resource Access (0-25)

Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention

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Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.