What are the largest school districts in Colorado?

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (90,471 students), Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (73,532 students), Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (61,243 students) have the most students in the latest NCES count.

How much does Colorado spend per student?

Districts in Colorado that report finance data spent an average of $15,852 per student on current operations, weighted by enrollment.

What does per-pupil spending include?

It is current spending for elementary and secondary education divided by fall enrollment, as published by the Census Bureau. It includes instruction, support services such as transportation and administration, and other day-to-day costs. It leaves out capital outlay for buildings and interest on debt.

Why do some districts have no spending or poverty figures?

Charter districts, education service agencies and other special agencies often do not report finance data separately, and Census SAIPE estimates child poverty only for geographic school districts. Values are also hidden for districts with fewer than 50 students, where a per-pupil figure can swing widely.

Checked Oct 22, 2026

Colorado School Districts

Public school districts and education agencies

Districts and agencies: 274
Students: 865,055; Fall enrollment
Spending per student: $15,852; Average of reporting districts
Largest district: School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C; 90,471 students

Enrollment and school counts come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Spending comes from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of School System Finances, and child poverty from Census SAIPE model estimates. Per-pupil spending is current spending (salaries, benefits, supplies and services), not construction or debt, and is shown only for districts with at least 50 students.

Districts by enrollment

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District	Students	Schools	Per student	Child poverty
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	90,471	198	$17,972	17.0%
Jefferson County School District No. R-1	73,532	144	$15,276	7.4%
Douglas County School District No. Re 1	61,243	88	$14,658	2.7%
Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	51,980	69	$17,160	7.8%
Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	38,691	58	$18,657	15.8%
Adams 12 Five Star Schools	34,466	54	$15,831	8.8%
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	31,607	54	$15,300	7.3%
Poudre School District R-1	29,381	52	$15,698	6.5%
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	27,988	56	$17,771	6.0%
El Paso County Colorado School District 49	25,689	31	$12,561	5.8%
Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	25,607	39	$12,711	3.9%
School District 27J	24,044	33	$12,959	6.6%
GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta	22,917	34	$14,735	15.3%
Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	22,227	59	$17,160	11.3%
State Charter School Institute	19,960	46	Not reported	Not reported
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	19,753	44	$13,648	8.5%
Thompson School District R-2J	14,580	32	$14,924	7.3%
Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and	14,104	34	$14,432	22.7%
Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	13,109	20	$16,635	4.0%
Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	11,938	28	$14,928	15.7%
Pueblo County School District 70	10,386	26	$12,204	12.3%
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of	9,290	18	$13,550	8.6%
Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	8,728	15	$12,442	5.3%
Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	7,955	13	$14,986	9.3%
Westminster Public Schools	7,724	18	$18,397	13.2%
Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St	7,095	20	$14,663	13.4%
Byers School District No. 32J	6,853	10	$9,939	7.7%
Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co	6,332	10	$12,825	2.7%
Eagle County School District No. Re 50	6,309	20	$17,598	7.2%
Montrose County School District Re-1J	5,977	15	$12,650	14.2%
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	5,839	14	$18,260	6.8%
School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo	5,221	12	$17,691	14.8%
Education Reenvisioned Boces	5,083	9	Not reported	Not reported
Garfield School District No. Re-2	4,695	10	$14,167	10.4%
Delta County Joint District No. 50	4,396	16	$14,596	16.2%
Durango School District No. 9-R	4,337	12	$17,301	8.8%
Weld County School District No. Re-5J	4,049	7	$13,507	5.8%
Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E	3,745	9	$13,672	4.2%
Summit School District No. Re 1	3,473	9	$18,125	6.5%
School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan	3,451	8	$13,499	18.6%
Fremont Re-1	3,191	8	$15,444	16.2%
Weld County School District RE-3J	2,666	8	$13,845	7.6%
Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2	2,509	7	$18,233	4.7%
Weld re-8 schools	2,503	7	$14,431	11.2%
Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe	2,406	9	$17,560	9.9%
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	2,380	10	$13,869	16.4%
Elizabeth School District	2,282	7	$14,395	5.2%
Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J	2,095	7	$16,300	7.0%
Alamosa School District No. Re-11J	2,038	6	$14,726	22.5%
Weld County School District No. Re-2	2,000	5	$12,663	5.9%
School District No. Re-1 Valley	1,910	7	$15,242	18.5%
Moffat County School District RE: No. 1	1,821	7	$15,264	12.1%
Bennett School District No. 29J	1,793	6	$13,253	7.7%
Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	1,744	5	$15,999	11.3%
Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	1,727	6	$17,712	10.1%
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt	1,588	5	$14,466	15.3%
Aspen School District No. 1 in the county of Pitkin and Sta	1,584	5	$28,649	4.3%
School District No. Re-2 Brush	1,420	4	$15,607	16.9%
Lamar School District No. Re-2	1,397	6	$11,530	25.4%
Salida School District No. R-32	1,351	6	$15,537	8.9%
East Grand School District No. 2	1,300	4	$17,532	9.0%
Fremont Re-2	1,294	3	$13,206	17.1%
East Otero School District No. R1	1,284	4	$15,180	26.3%
Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi	1,212	4	$15,050	9.3%
Weld County School District No. Re-7	1,195	4	$17,045	7.2%
Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	1,183	4	$14,995	7.3%
Strasburg School District 31J	1,180	4	$12,401	6.4%
Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of El	1,147	4	$18,859	7.3%
Sheridan School District No. 2	1,018	5	$24,966	17.1%
Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a	1,009	3	$14,083	9.5%
Weld County School District No. Re-9	976	3	$13,043	4.9%
Monte Vista School District No. C-8	975	6	$14,196	22.5%
Lake County School District No. R-1	931	4	$18,546	16.7%
North Conejos School District No. Re1J	927	5	$12,274	18.8%
Buena Vista School District No. R-31	925	5	$15,722	10.9%
School District No. Re-50 Wiggins	913	4	$12,978	13.4%
Las Animas School District No. Re-1	906	5	$13,593	28.6%
Estes Park School District R-3	882	3	$18,226	5.5%
Yuma 1 School District	802	4	$13,415	18.5%
Telluride School District No. R-1	799	4	$24,287	4.2%
Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and	769	3	$15,164	27.4%
Burlington Public School District No. RE-6J	742	3	$11,669	19.4%
Wray RD-2 School District	731	2	$16,076	17.0%
Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park	688	3	$15,647	7.2%
Meeker School District Re1	672	3	$13,800	10.5%
Dolores School District No. Re-4A	668	4	$14,734	40.1%
Julesburg School District No. Re1	668	3	$10,871	26.1%
Clear Creek School District No. Re-1	634	5	$21,423	9.3%
Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	633	4	$20,441	16.0%
Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count	628	5	$21,756	21.4%
Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and	596	4	$13,026	7.6%
Park County School District No. Re-2	576	5	$20,524	13.9%
Rocky Ford School District No. R2	576	2	$23,276	27.9%
Holyoke School District No. Re-1J	512	3	$17,985	15.9%
Mancos School District Re-6	511	4	$15,086	19.6%
Rangely School District RE4	485	2	$16,273	13.3%
Branson Reorganized School District No. 82	465	2	$11,540	19.4%
Limon School District No. Re 4J	451	2	$13,294	20.4%
Hayden School District No. Re 1	444	3	$16,713	7.6%
Huerfano School District Re-1	442	3	$17,264	26.9%
Calhan District No. RJ1	414	2	$15,498	9.8%
Akron School District No. R-1	411	2	$14,928	18.4%
Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas	398	3	$13,251	10.5%
Gilpin County School District No. Re-1	392	2	$17,933	5.8%
West Grand School District No. 1	385	2	$17,567	10.7%
Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and	384	2	$12,737	14.0%
Denver 1	382	1	Not reported	Not reported
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7	360	2	$18,542	15.8%
Fowler School District No. R4J	342	3	$15,963	25.4%
Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J	330	3	$20,939	24.6%
Big Sandy School District No. 100J	329	3	$16,317	11.3%
Deer Trail School District No. 26J	327	2	$13,845	7.2%
South Routt School District No. Re 3	326	4	$24,740	5.6%
Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a	320	3	$20,473	7.0%
School District No. Re-4 Buffalo	314	2	$15,842	11.0%
Custer County School District Consolidate 1	313	3	$15,890	14.8%
Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	307	1	$17,454	35.6%
Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa	303	4	$17,987	7.2%
Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1	298	2	$27,877	11.1%
Haxtun School District No. Re-2J	297	2	$15,743	12.5%
Sargent School District No. Re-33J	293	3	$17,704	7.6%
School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of	292	3	$14,664	7.8%
Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St	290	2	$16,030	13.5%
Springfield School District No. Re-4	284	2	$15,613	22.7%
Elbert School District No. 200	277	2	$15,050	6.9%
Holly School District No. Re-3	276	1	$16,798	13.3%
Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3	271	1	$14,590	16.8%
Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt	270	2	$18,613	11.8%
Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an	264	2	$20,476	12.7%
Dolores County School District RE-2J	262	2	$19,988	23.5%
West End School District No. Re-2	260	3	$16,656	12.8%
Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J	256	2	$15,877	16.4%
La Veta School District Re-2	238	2	$21,862	30.8%
McClave School District No. Re-2	231	2	$19,152	19.2%
School District No. Re-3 Frenchman	221	2	$17,118	9.1%
Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113	220	1	$16,026	17.5%
School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat	219	3	$16,251	7.9%
School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley	215	2	$17,646	13.7%
Primero Reorganized School District No. 2	213	2	$16,088	27.5%
Kiowa County School District No. Re-1	211	3	$15,359	19.8%
Granada School District No. Re-1	210	2	$20,282	17.8%
Cheraw School District No. 31 in the county of Otero and S	209	1	$17,719	19.1%
School District No. Re-5 Plateau	204	2	$18,345	12.2%
Moffat School District No. 2 in the county of Saguache and	199	2	$27,397	55.1%
South Conejos School District No. Re10	196	3	$25,544	25.6%
Otis School District No. R-3	192	2	$19,798	13.9%
Norwood School District No. R-2J	191	1	$22,596	9.4%
Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20	186	1	$17,514	13.4%
Centennial School District No. R-1	186	1	$22,634	32.5%
Colorado River BOCES	181	2	Not reported	Not reported
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the county of Ouray and	180	3	$22,000	11.7%
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the counties of Mesa and	179	1	$20,681	5.2%
Walsh School District No. Re-1	177	2	Not reported	24.6%
Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5	174	2	$22,964	21.2%
Manzanola Joint District No. 3J of the counties of Otero a	174	2	$18,472	19.7%
School District No. Re-10 in the county of Weld and State o	172	2	$26,174	7.9%
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	167	1	Not reported	Not reported
School District No. Re-11 in the county of Weld and State of	163	2	$25,006	6.2%
Fremont Re-3	155	2	$21,593	14.4%
Idalia RJ-3 School District	150	2	$22,146	9.4%
North Park School District R-1	144	1	$24,355	18.9%
Revere School District	144	3	$20,538	12.1%
Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6	127	2	$26,034	26.2%
Centennial BOCES	122	2	Not reported	Not reported
Lone Star School District No. 101	119	3	$25,328	4.3%
Kit Carson School District No. R-1	109	2	$25,822	15.9%
Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1	105	1	$26,279	32.1%
Bethune School District No. R- 5	99	1	$23,027	18.4%
Hi-Plains R-23	96	1	$22,479	19.8%
Creede School District	92	1	$25,411	12.9%
Agate School District No. 300	85	2	$24,533	14.4%
Arickaree School District No. R-2	82	2	$30,783	18.8%
Liberty J-4 School District	76	1	$26,828	15.1%
Hinsdale County School District No. Re-1	75	1	$29,329	11.4%
Woodlin School District No. R-104	74	2	$28,000	14.6%
Silverton School District No. 1 in the county of San Juan	72	3	$36,453	18.6%
Pritchett School District No. Re-3	64	3	$22,672	28.3%
School District No. Re-12 in the county of Weld and State of	61	1	$32,824	12.9%
Edison Joint District No. 54 of the counties of El Paso and	56	3	Not reported	13.3%
Vilas School District Re-5	53	2	$30,017	38.3%
San Juan BOCES	48	1	Not reported	Not reported
Campo School District No. Re-6	47	2	Not reported	21.3%
Kiowa County School District No. Re-2	32	2	Not reported	26.1%
Karval School District No. Re 23	29	2	Not reported	7.4%
Kim Reorganized School District No. 88	25	2	Not reported	20.5%

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Frequently asked questions

What are the largest school districts in Colorado?: School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (90,471 students), Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (73,532 students), Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (61,243 students) have the most students in the latest NCES count.
How much does Colorado spend per student?: Districts in Colorado that report finance data spent an average of $15,852 per student on current operations, weighted by enrollment.
What does per-pupil spending include?: It is current spending for elementary and secondary education divided by fall enrollment, as published by the Census Bureau. It includes instruction, support services such as transportation and administration, and other day-to-day costs. It leaves out capital outlay for buildings and interest on debt.
Why do some districts have no spending or poverty figures?: Charter districts, education service agencies and other special agencies often do not report finance data separately, and Census SAIPE estimates child poverty only for geographic school districts. Values are also hidden for districts with fewer than 50 students, where a per-pupil figure can swing widely.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and SAIPE · Last updated 10/22/2026