Mancos Elementary School

Mancos Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in MANCOS, Colorado, administered by Mancos School District Re-6. The school's 217 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.

Mancos Elementary School is in Mancos School District Re-6, a district with 511 students across 4 schools.

White students make up a majority at Mancos Elementary School, at 77%. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Montezuma County is about 75% White. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reports 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.3 students per teacher. That is 4.3 students per teacher below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 38% of students. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Montezuma County is 21 points.

Census estimates describe Montezuma County this way: the median household income is $65,244, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Montezuma County has 19 public schools and roughly 3,620 students.

The closest other public school is Mancos Early Learning Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 3 other public schools.

Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment is down 7% from 2017-18, when Mancos Elementary School had 234 students, to 2024-25, when it had 217. In 2017-18, 17% of students were Hispanic; in 2024-25, 12% were. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.3:1, from 14.2:1.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Mancos Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.