Rocky Ford Elementary School

Set in ROCKY FORD, Colorado, Rocky Ford Elementary School is a small elementary-level community, part of Rocky Ford School District No. R2. It hosts 305 students across grades K through 6.

Rocky Ford Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Rocky Ford School District No. R2, a district that works with 728 students overall.

On demographics, Rocky Ford Elementary School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% White. By comparison, Otero County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Otero County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rocky Ford Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.0%.

In the surrounding community, Otero County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,037 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Rocky Ford Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Otero County (combined enrollment of about 3,027 students).

Washington Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Rocky Ford Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Ford Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky Ford Elementary School has increased 27%, going from 240 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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