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Salida School District No. R-32

Salida, Colorado · Public school district · #58 of 68 Colorado districts by enrollment

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1,351

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,909

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 19% above the Colorado median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Colorado median 15.7

Salida School District No. R-32 is a public school district based in Salida, Colorado, serving 1,351 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 68 Colorado districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 15% of them. Its schools average 225 students each, fewer than the Colorado median of 399. It spends about $13,909 per student on day-to-day operations, 19% more than the Colorado median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Salida School District No. R-32 compares

Salida School District No. R-32Colorado median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,909

Colorado median $11,673 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,147

Colorado median $6,347 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school225

Colorado median 399 · 44% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Colorado median 15.7 · 15% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor225

Colorado median 257 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 30%Local 54%

Measure	Salida School District No. R-32	Colorado median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,909	$11,673	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,147	$6,347	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	101	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	221	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	225	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
School District No. Re-2 BrushBrush	1,420	4	$14,747	17.1	#56
Lamar School District No. Re-2Lamar	1,397	6	$8,997	15.2	#57
Salida School District No. R-32Salida · this district	1,351	6	$13,909	13.4	#58
East Grand School District No. 2Granby	1,300	4	$14,158	12.7	#59
Fremont Re-2Florence	1,294	3	$9,770	15.2	#60

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Golden Plains UnifiedSan Joaquin, CA	1,352	$17,077	17.1
Dryden Central School DistrictDryden, NY	1,352	$25,587	9.3
Tell City-Troy Twp School CorporationTell City, IN	1,351	$9,938	13.4
Ingram ISDIngram, TX	1,351	$11,994	14.1

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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