Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School

Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School, a tiny secondary school in KIT CARSON, Colorado, part of Kit Carson School District No. R-1, serves 55 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Kit Carson School District No. R-1 (109 students total), Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Cheyenne County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,865, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Cheyenne County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 283 students), Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kit Carson Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off.

Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 61 (now 55).

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