Haxtun Jr/Sr High School

Set in HAXTUN, Colorado, Haxtun Jr/Sr High School is a tiny senior high, overseen by Haxtun School District No. Re-2J. It hosts 142 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 627.

Across the 2 schools in Haxtun School District No. Re-2J (297 students total), Haxtun Jr/Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Haxtun Jr/Sr High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Haxtun Jr/Sr High School shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Phillips County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Haxtun Jr/Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.1%; this one comes in at 32.5%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Phillips County indicate median household income runs about $64,674, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Phillips County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 809 students), of which Haxtun Jr/Sr High School is one.

Haxtun Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Haxtun Jr/Sr High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Haxtun Jr/Sr High School's enrollment has increased 78% since 2018, when it stood at 80 (now 142). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 18% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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