Center High School

Center High School, a micro-enrollment high school in CENTER, Colorado, operated by Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count, hosts 153 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% below the state mean of about 627.

Within Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the count, which oversees 5 schools and 628 students, Center High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Center High School shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Center High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Saguache County put median household income runs about $50,082, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Saguache County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 932 students), of which Center High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Skoglund Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Center High School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 151 students in 2018 compared to 153 in 2025.

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