Total enrollment
799
-68 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
4 schools in Telluride School District No. R-1
Colorado · 799 students · 1 city
Public K-12 enrollment in Telluride School District No. R-1 totals about 799 students across 4 schools (an average of 200 students per school).
4-year change in Telluride School District No. R-1
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
4
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Telluride School District No. R-1 ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #8 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #80 of 95 | #7,772 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 4 | #81 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #6 of 95 | #2,493 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 30.7% | #82 of 94 | #6,558 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Telluride School District No. R-1
Since 2017-18, the 4 district schools that reported both years went from 902 to 799 students (down 11%) and from 75 to 64 full-time teachers (down 15%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telluride High School | Telluride | High | 09-12 | 298 |
| Telluride Intermediate School | Telluride | Elementary | 03-06 | 237 |
| Telluride Elementary School | Telluride | Elementary | PK-02 | 140 |
| Telluride Middle School | Telluride | Middle | 07-08 | 124 |
About Telluride School District No. R-1
Telluride School District No. R-1 is a compact public-school district in Colorado. The district maintains 4 schools and enrolls approximately 799 students.
For a sense of the school types, Telluride School District No. R-1 is built around 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
Per-school enrollment averages around 200 in this district, meaningfully below the Colorado typical of 456.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 8%: 867 students in SY 2020-21 versus 799 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Telluride School District No. R-1 discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.