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Adams 14 School District

Commerce City, Colorado · Public school district · #31 of 68 Colorado districts by enrollment

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5,221

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,205

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 22% above the Colorado median

16.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Colorado median 15.7

Adams 14 School District is a public school district based in Commerce City, Colorado, serving 5,221 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 68 Colorado districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 435 students each, about the same as the Colorado median of 399. It spends about $14,205 per student on day-to-day operations, 22% more than the Colorado median. It has roughly 16.4 students per teacher.

How Adams 14 compares

Adams 14Colorado median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,205

Colorado median $11,673 · 22% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,458

Colorado median $6,347 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school435

Colorado median 399 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.4

Colorado median 15.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor653

Colorado median 257 · 154% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$116.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 24%State 46%Local 30%

Measure	Adams 14	Colorado median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,205	$11,673	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,458	$6,347	FY2020-21
Total spending	$115.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$116.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	318	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	758	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.4	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	653	257	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Colorado median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Colorado

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Montrose County School District Re-1JMontrose	5,977	15	$10,510	17.0	#29
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1Carbondale	5,839	14	$13,450	14.2	#30
Adams 14 School DistrictCommerce City · this district	5,221	12	$14,205	16.4	#31
Garfield School District No. Re-2Rifle	4,695	10	$12,573	17.5	#32
Delta County Joint District No. 50Delta	4,396	16	$11,094	16.7	#33

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405)Tucson, AZ	5,225	$8,438	17.3
East ProvidenceEast Providence, RI	5,225	$17,465	13.4
Milford School DistrictMilford, CT	5,218	$24,976	9.9
Batavia USD 101Batavia, IL	5,218	$17,326	14.8

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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