Regular local school district · Arapahoe County
Deer Trail School District No. 26J, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Deer Trail School District No. 26J runs 2 public schools with 327 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is 5.0 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 327
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 130 South Second Avenue, Deer Trail, CO 80105
- Phone
- (303)769-4421
- County
- Arapahoe County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803270
- State district ID
- CO-0170
- Total staff (FTE)
- 56
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 327 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (254), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $423,000
- State revenue
- $1.9 million
- Local revenue
- $2.2 million
- Total spending
- $3.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,331
- Salaries
- $1.7 million42.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 42.5%
- Local: 48.1%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,331
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Deer Trail School District No. 26J
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Deer Trail Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 174 | 15.8 |
| Deer Trail Junior-Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 153 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Arapahoe County
- Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah 51,980 students
- Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A 38,702 students
- Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe 13,109 students
- Byers School District No. 32J 6,853 students
- Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe 2,406 students
- Sheridan School District No. 2 1,018 students
- Adams-Arap 28J Aurora AU
- Arapahoe 1 Englewood AU
- Arapahoe 2 Sheridan AU
- Arapahoe 5 Cherry Creek AU
- Arapahoe 6 Littleton AU
More in Colorado
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.