Meeker Elementary School

Meeker Elementary School is an elementary-level community of compact scale in MEEKER, Colorado, part of Meeker School District Re1, teacheing 285 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.

Within Meeker School District Re1, which oversees 3 schools and 672 students, Meeker Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meeker Elementary School logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Meeker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Meeker Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +8.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rio Blanco County put the typical household earns roughly $65,473 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meeker Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Rio Blanco County (combined enrollment of about 1,157 students).

Nearest neighbor: Barone Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meeker Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.