Denver County · Colorado
Denver, CO public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C is the primary public district for Denver, CO. It enrolls 87,883 students in 203 schools with 5,947 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $17,893 per pupil, 3% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 87,883NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 203Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 14.8Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $17,893Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Denver
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 72.7%
- $1,175,170,000
- State revenue
- 15.2%
- $245,229,000
- Federal revenue
- 12.1%
- $195,030,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Denver property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 36 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (LEAID 0803360) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Denver data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0803360. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.