Calhan Secondary School

Calhan Secondary School is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in CALHAN, Colorado, one of the schools within Calhan District No. RJ1, serveing 213 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

Calhan District No. RJ1 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 414 students; Calhan Secondary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Calhan Secondary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Calhan Secondary School records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Calhan Secondary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Calhan Secondary School is one.

The closest other public school is Calhan Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calhan Secondary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Calhan Secondary School's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 167 (now 213). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Calhan Secondary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.