Enrollment
186
Combined
STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARRIBA-FLAGLER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20·NCES 080226000509
Flagler Public School
421 JULIAN, FLAGLER, CO 80815 · (719) 765-4684 · Kit Carson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
77 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 7 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 11 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (14).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +16.6pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +24.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 17.3% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Flagler Public School
Flagler Public School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler Public School this school | 186 | 41.4% | 33.6% |
| Norwood Public Schools NORWOOD | 191 | 46.6% | 44.1% |
| Creede School CREEDE | 92 | 40.2% | 41.7% |
| Cheraw School CHERAW | 209 | 46.4% | 39.1% |
| Liberty School JOES | 76 | 43.4% | 49.3% |
| Outer Range MONTROSE | 71 | 39.4% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado K-12 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 Flagler Public School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2 of 17 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #3 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #14 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #16 of 21 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
186
+31 (+20%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 110
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 186 | 16.6 | 11.2:1 | 41% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 17.9 | 9.8:1 | 53% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 19.6 | 8.8:1 | 45% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 16 | 9.7:1 | 52% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 16.9 | 10.5:1 | 58% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 17 | 10.8:1 | 52% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 43 | 5 | 8.6:1 | 44% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 111 | 11 | 10.1:1 | 17% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 110 | 9 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flagler Public School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (178 to 186); teachers down 2% (16.9 to 16.6).
About Flagler Public School
Flagler Public School is the name of a very small school serving multiple grade levels in FLAGLER, Colorado. It teaches 186 students in pre-K through 12. That is 64% below the average of about 523 students for combined schools in Colorado.
Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20 is the district for Flagler Public School.
At Flagler Public School, 90% of students are White. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 79% White share among all Kit Carson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Flagler Public School lists 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado is 3.2 students per teacher. About 41% of students at Flagler Public School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Kit Carson County is 13 points higher.
Flagler Public School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of Colorado public K-12 schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Flagler Public School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 33.6% actual against 41.6% predicted.
In Kit Carson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $70,259, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,342, Flagler Public School among them.
Hi-Plains School District R-23 is about 11.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.9%; Flagler Public School's is 33.6%, ranking 3rd of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment increased 20% over 4 years, reaching 186 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.7:1 to 11.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kit Carson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,023
Census ACS
Median income
$70,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Hi-Plains School District R-2311.2 mi · 96
- Genoa-Hugo School24.2 mi · 220
- Stratton Senior High School25.2 mi · 64
- Stratton Middle School25.2 mi · 54
- Stratton Elementary School25.4 mi · 101
- Arickaree Undivided High School31.3 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Flagler Public SchoolHow large is Flagler Public School?
Flagler Public School enrolls approximately 186 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Flagler Public School serve?
Flagler Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Flagler Public School have?
Flagler Public School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Flagler Public School?
Student demographics at Flagler Public School are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Flagler Public School public or private?
Flagler Public School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.