Durango High School

Durango High School is one of the substantial secondary schools in DURANGO, Colorado, one of the schools within Durango School District No. 9-R, with 1,352 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 627.

Durango School District No. 9-R comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,089 students; Durango High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Durango High School reports that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than La Plata County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Durango High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for La Plata County put median household income runs about $86,056, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Durango High School is one of 24 public schools in La Plata County (combined enrollment of about 7,504 students).

Needham Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Durango High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.2%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Durango High School's enrollment has grew 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,101 (now 1,352). Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 68%.

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