Enrollment
77
High
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT RE-3·NCES 080312000277
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School
345 COUNTY ROAD 12, COTOPAXI, CO 81223 · (719) 942-4131 · Fremont County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL77 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Colorado public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
38 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 18 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 9 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 11 | 14% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fremont Re-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
21.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 24.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School this school | 77 | 49.4% | 35.4% |
| Simla High School SIMLA | 101 | 49.5% | 40.4% |
| Custer County High School WESTCLIFFE | 98 | 48.0% | 23.9% |
| Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School CHEYENNE WELLS | 84 | 54.8% | N/A |
| Plateau Valley High School COLLBRAN | 65 | 43.1% | N/A |
| Otis Junior-Senior High School OTIS | 102 | 55.9% | 20.6% |
Matched among Colorado high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 77 | #358 of 409 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
77
-17 (-18%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 111
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77 | 8.4 | 9.1:1 | 49% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 9.3 | 9.4:1 | 62% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 102 | 9.3 | 10.9:1 | 58% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 10 | 9.4:1 | 56% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 12.1 | 9.9:1 | 53% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 110 | 11 | 10.0:1 | 49% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 105 | 11 | 9.6:1 | 64% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 185 | 16 | 11.6:1 | 41% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 111 | 13 | 8.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (120 to 77); teachers down 30% (12.1 to 8.4).
About Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School
Families in COTOPAXI, Colorado, are served by Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School, a very small high school. It had 77 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 12. High schools in Colorado average about 627 students, which makes this school 88% below average.
Fremont Re-3 enrolls 155 students, and its 2 schools include Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School.
The share of students at Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School who are White is 86%. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic. Fremont County residents are about 84% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
The school's 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1. High schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.9:1. At Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School lands at B, ahead of 59% of Colorado public high schools.
The model predicts 36.8% for a school in Colorado with Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School posts 35.4%.
Looking at the county, Fremont County, the median household earns about $62,664 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School, Fremont County has 13 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School is closest to Cotopaxi Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School at 4th of 5.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School enrolled 94 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 77.
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Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,634
Census ACS
Median income
$62,664
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,640 students
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- Cotopaxi Elementary School0.0 mi · 78
- Crest Academy19.0 mi · 60
- Salida Early Childhood Center19.4 mi · 74
- Salida Middle School19.5 mi · 327
- Salida High School19.5 mi · 409
- Horizons Exploratory Academy19.6 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High SchoolHow large is Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School?
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 77 students in grades 06-12.
Is Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School have?
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School?
Student demographics at Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School are roughly 86% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School in?
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School is part of Fremont Re-3.
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