Arickaree Elementary School

Arickaree Elementary School, a minimally staffed elementary-level community in ANTON, Colorado, part of Arickaree School District No. R-2, enrolls 48 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Arickaree Elementary School sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Arickaree Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Arickaree School District No. R-2, a district that works with 82 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Arickaree Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 44% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Arickaree Elementary School shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Arickaree Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Washington County's rate of about 51%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $67,167, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 878 students), Arickaree Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Arickaree Undivided High School, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Arickaree Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 45 (now 48). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 51% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.