La Veta Elementary School

Set in LA VETA, Colorado, La Veta Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary school, one of the schools within La Veta School District Re-2. It instructs 120 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

La Veta School District Re-2 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 238 students; La Veta Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, La Veta Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, La Veta Elementary School reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at La Veta Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Huerfano County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Huerfano County reports that median household income runs about $52,526, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Huerfano County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 680 students), of which La Veta Elementary School is one.

La Veta Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

La Veta Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Veta Elementary School has ticked up 11%, going from 108 students in 2018 to 120 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.