Enrollment
96
Combined
STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HI-PLAINS R-23·NCES 080651001130
Hi-Plains School District R-23
200 IOWA AVE, SEIBERT, CO 80834 · (970) 664-2616 · Kit Carson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
46 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
96
-11 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
was 7.7:1
% White
79%
was 78%
% Hispanic
16%
was 15%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hi-Plains School District R-23
Hi-Plains School District R-23 is a tiny combined-grade school in SEIBERT, Colorado, part of Hi-Plains R-23. The school hosts 96 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 523.
Operationally, Hi-Plains School District R-23 answers to Hi-Plains R-23, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
In terms of who attends, Hi-Plains School District R-23 logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hi-Plains School District R-23 has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hi-Plains School District R-23 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.7%; this one comes in at 21.9%, -15.7 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, Kit Carson County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,259, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Hi-Plains School District R-23 is one of 9 public schools in Kit Carson County (combined enrollment of about 1,342 students).
The closest other public school is Flagler Public School, roughly 11.2 miles away. On composite proficiency, Hi-Plains School District R-23 comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Kit Carson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,023
Census ACS
Median income
$70,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Flagler Public School11.2 mi · 186
- Stratton Middle School14.0 mi · 54
- Stratton Senior High School14.0 mi · 64
- Stratton Elementary School14.2 mi · 101
- Bethune Public Schools23.3 mi · 99
- Liberty School27.8 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Hi-Plains School District R-23How large is Hi-Plains School District R-23?
Hi-Plains School District R-23 enrolls approximately 96 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Hi-Plains School District R-23 serve?
Hi-Plains School District R-23 serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Hi-Plains School District R-23 have?
Hi-Plains School District R-23 employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hi-Plains School District R-23?
At Hi-Plains School District R-23, the student body is approximately 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Hi-Plains School District R-23 in?
Hi-Plains School District R-23 is part of Hi-Plains R-23.
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