Aguilar Elementary School

Aguilar Elementary School operates as a very small elementary campus in AGUILAR, Colorado, operated by Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6. Current enrollment sits at 79 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 2 schools in Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6 (127 students total), Aguilar Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Aguilar Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Las Animas County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Las Animas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $52,074 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Aguilar Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Las Animas County (combined enrollment of about 1,870 students).

Nearest neighbor: Aguilar Junior-Senior High School, around 0.0 miles off.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 77 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Aguilar Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.