Guffey Charter School

Set in GUFFEY, Colorado, Guffey Charter School is a tiny primary school, operated by Park County School District No. Re-2. It hosts 26 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Guffey Charter School sits 93% below that benchmark.

Park County School District No. Re-2 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 576 students; Guffey Charter School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Guffey Charter School logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 23% multiracial, 19% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Park County shows median household income runs about $103,670, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Guffey Charter School is one of 8 public schools in Park County (combined enrollment of about 1,264 students).

The closest other public school is Lake George Charter School, roughly 17.8 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site. Guffey Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 30 students in 2018 compared to 26 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 58%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Guffey Charter School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.