Cloud City High School

Cloud City High School is a rural-scale four-year high school in LEADVILLE, Colorado, one of the schools within Lake County School District No. R-1. The school educates 35 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Cloud City High School is one of 4 schools operated by Lake County School District No. R-1, a district that educates 931 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cloud City High School records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% White. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Cloud City High School has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lake County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $96,575 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Cloud City High School is one of 4 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 931 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lake County High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cloud City High School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

On allk12, members of the Cloud City High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.