Hayden High School

Hayden High School, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in HAYDEN, Colorado, overseen by Hayden School District No. Re 1, instructs 119 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.

Hayden High School is one of 3 schools operated by Hayden School District No. Re 1, a district that teaches 444 students overall.

Demographically, Hayden High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Routt County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Hayden High School reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Hayden High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Routt County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hayden High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.3%; Hayden High School posts 18.9%, -24.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Routt County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,489 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Routt County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,419 students), Hayden High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hayden Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hayden High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 133 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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