ONLY A TEACHERS’ UNION AND THEIR ENABLERS WOULD CALL THAT A SHORTAGE: Colorado pupil-to-teacher ratio remains steady during educator shortage.

Colorado’s pupil-to-teacher ratio of 17.1 in 2022-23 was the second lowest rate dating back to 2013. It was the same as last year’s ratio. Only in 2020-21, the first year of the pandemic, was the ratio lower at 16.6.

In 2014-15 and 2015-16, the ratio was 17.5. The highest year was 17.7 in 2013-14, according to data from the Colorado Department of Education.

The number of teachers in the state has remained relatively the same over the past four years. There were 55,197 teachers in 2022-23. The number of teachers the past four school years ranged from the low of 55,197 this past school year to a peak of 55,842 in 2020-21.

Enrollment in Colorado’s public schools reached 913,223 in 2019-20, but has dropped during the pandemic. There were 883,264 students this past school year in 2022-23.

The lockdowns taught a lot of parents what the real value is of an education in so many of our public schools.