Caliche Elementary School

Caliche Elementary School is one of the rural-scale elementary schools in ILIFF, Colorado, operated by School District No. Re-1 Valley, with 139 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Caliche Elementary School sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

School District No. Re-1 Valley comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,910 students; Caliche Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Caliche Elementary School reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Caliche Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Logan County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $51,829 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Logan County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,649 students), of which Caliche Elementary School is one.

Caliche Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Caliche Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Caliche Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Caliche Elementary School has edged down 14%, going from 161 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Caliche Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.