Ignacio High School

Ignacio High School is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in IGNACIO, Colorado, one of the schools within Ignacio School District No. 11Jt, with 182 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Ignacio High School is one of 4 schools operated by Ignacio School District No. 11Jt, a district that teaches 633 students overall.

On demographics, Ignacio High School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 25% Native American, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of La Plata County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ignacio High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.7%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (La Plata County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $86,056 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, La Plata County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,504 students), of which Ignacio High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ignacio Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ignacio High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ignacio High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.7%.

Ignacio High School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 259 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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