Ignacio Early Learning Program

Located at 535 CANDELARIA DRIVE, in IGNACIO, Colorado, Ignacio Early Learning Program is a very small elementary-level community that caters to 28 students (grade pre-K), run under Ignacio School District No. 11Jt. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 93% smaller than typical.

Ignacio Early Learning Program is one of 4 schools operated by Ignacio School District No. 11Jt, a district that instructs 633 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ignacio Early Learning Program records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 11% Native American, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Ignacio Early Learning Program tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, La Plata County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, La Plata County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,056 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Ignacio Early Learning Program is one of 24 public schools in La Plata County (combined enrollment of about 7,504 students).

Ignacio High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ignacio Early Learning Program.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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