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Weld County School District RE-3J

Hudson, Colorado · Public school district · #40 of 68 Colorado districts by enrollment

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2,666

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,491

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Colorado median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Colorado median 15.7

Weld County School District RE-3J is a public school district based in Hudson, Colorado, serving 2,666 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #40 of the 68 Colorado districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 333 students each, fewer than the Colorado median of 399. It spends about $11,491 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Weld County School District RE-3J compares

Weld County School District RE-3JColorado median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,491

Colorado median $11,673 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,258

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

Students per school333

Colorado median 399 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Colorado median 15.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor533

Colorado median 257 · 107% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 3%Local 89%

Measure	Weld County School District RE-3J	Colorado median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,491	$11,673	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,258	$6,347	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	172	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	337	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	533	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
Weld County School District RE-3JHudson · this district	2,666	8	$11,491	15.5	#40
Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2Steamboat Springs	2,509	7	$13,042	12.9	#41
Weld re-8 schoolsFort Lupton	2,503	7	$13,246	16.9	#42
Englewood School District No. 1Englewood	2,406	9	$16,783	14.6	#43
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1Cortez	2,380	10	$10,594	15.9	#44

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mason CountyMaysville, KY	2,668	$11,572	16.1
McCreary CountyStearns, KY	2,668	$12,578	15.1
Fairfax ElementaryBakersfield, CA	2,667	$15,359	22.0
South Monterey County Joint Union HighKing City, CA	2,666	$13,420	23.0

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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