Haxtun Elementary School

As a small K-5 school in HAXTUN, Colorado, Haxtun Elementary School caters to 155 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Haxtun School District No. Re-2J. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Haxtun School District No. Re-2J runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 297 students. Haxtun Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Haxtun Elementary School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Phillips County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Haxtun Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Phillips County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Haxtun Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

In the broader community, Phillips County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,674, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Phillips County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 809 students), of which Haxtun Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Haxtun Jr/Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, Haxtun Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Haxtun Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 43% since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 155). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Haxtun Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.