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
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 14 | 15% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 21.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Hi-Plains School District R-23
Hi-Plains School District R-23's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-Plains School District R-23 this school | 96 | 47.9% | 21.9% |
| Norwood Public Schools NORWOOD | 191 | 46.6% | 44.1% |
| Liberty School JOES | 76 | 43.4% | 49.3% |
| Pawnee School PK-12 GROVER | 61 | 47.5% | N/A |
| Creede School CREEDE | 92 | 40.2% | 41.7% |
| Lake City Community School LAKE CITY | 75 | 38.7% | 42.5% |
Matched among Colorado K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hi-Plains School District R-23 ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #25 of 38 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
96
-55 (-36%) vs 2020
+78% since 2000-01, when it was 54
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96 | 14.7 | 6.5:1 | 48% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 12.8 | 9.1:1 | 46% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 18.8 | 6.9:1 | 57% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 14 | 10.8:1 | 57% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 13.8 | 7.7:1 | 57% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 16 | 7.7:1 | 59% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 56 | 7 | 8.0:1 | 48% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 54 | 5 | 10.8:1 | 44% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hi-Plains School District R-23.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (107 to 96); teachers up 6% (13.8 to 14.7).
About Hi-Plains School District R-23
Hi-Plains School District R-23 is a public combined-grade school in SEIBERT, Colorado. The school's 96 students are in pre-K through 12. Statewide, combined schools in Colorado average about 523 students each.
The local education agency for Hi-Plains School District R-23 is Hi-Plains R-23.
A majority of students at Hi-Plains School District R-23, 79%, are White. Next come 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% Native American. County-wide, about 79% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hi-Plains School District R-23 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Its 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 6.5:1. The average ratio among combined schools in Colorado is 14.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Colorado public K-12 schools, Hi-Plains School District R-23 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hi-Plains School District R-23 scores 15.7 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.9%; the prediction is 37.7%.
In the county around the school, Kit Carson County, median household income is about $70,259, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hi-Plains School District R-23 is among the 9 public schools in Kit Carson County.
Nearby, Flagler Public School is about 11.2 miles away. Hi-Plains School District R-23 is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Hi-Plains School District R-23 is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hi-Plains School District R-23 went from 151 students to 96. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.8:1 in 2020-21, and 6.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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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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