Aspen Preschool

Set in ASPEN, Colorado, Aspen Preschool is a micro-enrollment elementary campus, run under Aspen School District No. 1 in the county of Pitkin and Sta. It enrolls 27 students across grade pre-K. That puts it 93% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Aspen School District No. 1 in the county of Pitkin and Sta runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,584 students. Aspen Preschool is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Aspen Preschool logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Pitkin County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 54.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pitkin County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,645 per year, roughly 63% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pitkin County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,365 students), of which Aspen Preschool is one.

The closest other public school is Aspen High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 26 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 62% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 54.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.