Ayres Elementary School

Ayres Elementary School, an average-sized elementary school in STERLING, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. Re-1 Valley, teaches 385 students, covering grades K through 2.

Within School District No. Re-1 Valley, which oversees 7 schools and 1,910 students, Ayres Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Ayres Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Logan County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Ayres Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Logan County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,829 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Logan County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,649 students), of which Ayres Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Campbell Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Ayres Elementary School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025.

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