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.