La Junta Intermediate School

As an average-sized elementary school in LA JUNTA, Colorado, La Junta Intermediate School instructs 397 students from grades 3 through 6, one of the schools within East Otero School District No. R1.

Within East Otero School District No. R1, which oversees 4 schools and 1,284 students, La Junta Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, La Junta Intermediate School records that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 25% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Otero County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, La Junta Intermediate School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, La Junta Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.2%, the actual is 17.7%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Otero County shows median household income runs about $54,037, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Otero County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,027 students), La Junta Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: La Junta Jr/Sr High School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around La Junta Intermediate School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Junta Intermediate School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025.

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