La Junta Jr/Sr High School

La Junta Jr/Sr High School, a low-enrollment high school in LA JUNTA, Colorado, overseen by East Otero School District No. R1, hosts 501 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so La Junta Jr/Sr High School sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

East Otero School District No. R1 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,284 students; La Junta Jr/Sr High School is among them.

Demographically, La Junta Jr/Sr High School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% 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 the economic backdrop, La Junta Jr/Sr High School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Otero County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,037 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

La Junta Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Junta Jr/Sr High School has declined 18%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 32% to 23%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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