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Colorado school systems.

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180school systems
1,832operating schools connected
841,065students in finance records
178complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
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Colorado school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 178 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$16,685Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+17.5%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+44.2%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-5.5%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems178 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024891,187841,065
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$15,889$13,550

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5

CHEYENNE WELLS, CO

Students
169
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,964

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment

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Ouray School District No. R-1 of the county of Ouray and

OURAY, CO

Students
169
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,000

-5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Fremont Re-3

COTOPAXI, CO

Students
167
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,593

+35.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -24.4% enrollment

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De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the counties of Mesa and

DE BEQUE, CO

Students
166
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,681

+26.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.8% enrollment

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Idalia RJ-3 School District

IDALIA, CO

Students
164
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,146

+24.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.6% enrollment

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North Park School District R-1

WALDEN, CO

Students
155
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,355

+44.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.8% enrollment

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Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1

SAGUACHE, CO

Students
147
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,279

+15.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.3% enrollment

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Revere School District

OVID, CO

Students
145
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,538

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.6% enrollment

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Lone Star School District No. 101

OTIS, CO

Students
125
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,328

+40.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.3% enrollment

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Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6

AGUILAR, CO

Students
117
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,034

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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Hi-Plains R-23

SEIBERT, CO

Students
117
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,479

+35.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.0% enrollment

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Bethune School District No. R- 5

BETHUNE, CO

Students
110
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,027

+5.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.8% enrollment

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Kit Carson School District No. R-1

KIT CARSON, CO

Students
107
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,822

-1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Creede School District

CREEDE, CO

Students
95
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,411

-16.1% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Arickaree School District No. R-2

ANTON, CO

Students
92
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,783

+41.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -21.4% enrollment

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Hinsdale County School District No. Re-1

LAKE CITY, CO

Students
76
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,329

-2.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.0% enrollment

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Woodlin School District No. R-104

WOODROW, CO

Students
76
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,000

+16.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -29.6% enrollment

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Agate School District No. 300

AGATE, CO

Students
75
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,533

-13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +59.6% enrollment

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Silverton School District No. 1 in the county of San Juan

SILVERTON, CO

Students
75
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$36,453

+23.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.7% enrollment

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School District No. Re-12 in the county of Weld and State of

GROVER, CO

Students
68
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$32,824

+21.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.0% enrollment

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Liberty J-4 School District

JOES, CO

Students
64
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,828

-8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment

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Pritchett School District No. Re-3

PRITCHETT, CO

Students
61
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,672

-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.0% enrollment

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Vilas School District Re-5

VILAS, CO

Students
58
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,017

+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +31.8% enrollment

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Edison Joint District No. 54 of the counties of El Paso and

YODER, CO

Students
46
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$43,413

+266.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -80.2% enrollment

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Karval School District No. Re 23

KARVAL, CO

Students
35
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$40,229

+60.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -22.2% enrollment

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Campo School District No. Re-6

CAMPO, CO

Students
31
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$50,290

+74.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -32.6% enrollment

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Kiowa County School District No. Re-2

SHERIDAN LAKE, CO

Students
30
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$99,167

+317.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -44.4% enrollment

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Kim Reorganized School District No. 88

KIM, CO

Students
26
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$49,231

+56.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -43.5% enrollment

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Aims Community College

GREELEY, CO

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Colorado Mountain College

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.