Homestake Peak School

Homestake Peak School is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in AVON, Colorado, overseen by Eagle County School District No. Re 50, caters to 421 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Homestake Peak School is one of 21 schools operated by Eagle County School District No. Re 50, a district that works with 6,312 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Homestake Peak School records that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 26% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Eagle County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Homestake Peak School shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Homestake Peak School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Eagle County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Homestake Peak School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 32.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Eagle County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,096 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Eagle County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,148 students), of which Homestake Peak School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Avon Elementary School, around 3.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Homestake Peak School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Homestake Peak School has contracted 29%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 56% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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