Kwiyagat Community Academy

Located at 450 SUNSET BLVD, in TAWOAC, Colorado, Kwiyagat Community Academy is a rural-scale elementary campus that teaches 61 students (grades K through 4), part of State Charter School Institute. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Kwiyagat Community Academy sits 84% below that benchmark.

State Charter School Institute runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 21,411 students. Kwiyagat Community Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kwiyagat Community Academy shows that 93% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Kwiyagat Community Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Montezuma County's rate of about 59%.

In the area at large, census data for Montezuma County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,244 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Montezuma County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,620 students), of which Kwiyagat Community Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Battle Rock Charter School, roughly 11.2 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. As a public charter, Kwiyagat Community Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.