Florence Jr./Sr. High School

Located at 2006 STATE HIGHWAY 67, in FLORENCE, Colorado, Florence Jr./Sr. High School is an average-sized high school that hosts 572 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Fremont Re-2.

Fremont Re-2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,294 students; Florence Jr./Sr. High School is among them.

Demographically, Florence Jr./Sr. High School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Florence Jr./Sr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Florence Jr./Sr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 29.0%.

In the broader community, Fremont County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,664 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Florence Jr./Sr. High School is one of 13 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 4,640 students).

Fremont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Florence Jr./Sr. High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Florence Jr./Sr. High School has climbed 65%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025.

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