Edith Teter Elementary School

Edith Teter Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary-level community in FAIRPLAY, Colorado, overseen by Park County School District No. Re-2. Current enrollment sits at 190 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Edith Teter Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Park County School District No. Re-2, a district that instructs 576 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edith Teter Elementary School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Park County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Edith Teter Elementary School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Edith Teter Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Park County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Edith Teter Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 29.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Park County shows median household earnings sit near $103,670, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Park County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,264 students), Edith Teter Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Park Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Edith Teter Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Edith Teter Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edith Teter Elementary School has declined 37%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 190 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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