Mancos Elementary School

Mancos Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in MANCOS, Colorado, run under Mancos School District Re-6. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Mancos Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Mancos School District Re-6, a district that caters to 511 students overall.

On demographics, Mancos Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mancos Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Mancos Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Montezuma County's rate of about 59%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montezuma County) logs that median household income runs about $65,244, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Montezuma County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,620 students), Mancos Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mancos Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 234 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 17% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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