A public school district in Golden, Colorado, with 144 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
73,532
Students enrolled
4,414.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
10,448.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,483
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
Students enrolled: 73,532 in 2024–25
Ranks 47th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 2nd of 185 in Colorado. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,483 in fiscal year 2023
More than 40% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 spent $14,483 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,891 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 spent $14,483 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,891 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year
Spending per pupil
Current expenditure
Membership
FY2023
$14,483
$1.1 billion
75,327
FY2022
$13,124
$1.0 billion
76,904
FY2021
$11,705
$937.5 million
80,099
FY2020
$11,221
$943.4 million
84,078
FY2019
$10,730
$908.3 million
84,646
FY2018
$9,756
$840.5 million
86,146
FY2017
$9,446
$815.9 million
86,371
FY2016
$8,954
$776.6 million
86,731
FY2015
$8,727
$755.6 million
86,581
FY2014
$8,685
$747.0 million
86,011
FY2013
$8,454
$723.2 million
85,542
FY2012
$8,439
$724.0 million
85,793
FY2011
$8,815
$757.9 million
85,979
FY2010
$8,857
$764.2 million
86,282
FY2009
$8,595
$738.7 million
85,946
FY2008
$8,288
$714.1 million
86,168
FY2007
$8,202
$706.6 million
86,154
FY2006
$8,313
$717.7 million
86,332
FY2005
$7,891
$685.5 million
86,868
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
Revenue to Jefferson County School District No. R-1 by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source
Revenue
Share of total
Federal
$85.2 million
6.9%
State
$482.2 million
39.1%
Local
$664.4 million
53.9%
Total
$1.2 billion
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
144 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
2 more columns on a wider screen
Schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, page 1 of 2
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.