Manzanola Junior-Senior High School

Manzanola Junior-Senior High School is a small high school found in MANZANOLA, Colorado. The school enrolls 103 students, from grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Colorado is about 627, so this school runs 84% smaller than that.

Manzanola School District 3J has 174 students in 2 schools, and Manzanola Junior-Senior High School is one of those schools.

Hispanic students are the majority at Manzanola Junior-Senior High School, with 51% of enrollment. It is also 43% White and 4% multiracial. Otero County's residents are about 42% Hispanic, 9 points below the school's share. Manzanola Junior-Senior High School's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school employs the equivalent of 7.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.1:1. That is lower than the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 79%.

Across Otero County, the median household income is $54,037, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Otero County is home to 15 public schools and about 3,027 public school students.

Manzanola Elementary School is the public school closest to Manzanola Junior-Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 7 other public schools within ten miles.

In the federal locale system, Manzanola Junior-Senior High School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment has fallen by 6 students since 2020-21, to 103. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.6 to 14.1 over 4 years.

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