Merino Junior Senior High School

Merino Junior Senior High School is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in MERINO, Colorado, part of School District No. Re-4 Buffalo, serveing 155 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 627.

School District No. Re-4 Buffalo comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 314 students; Merino Junior Senior High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Merino Junior Senior High School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Logan County's rate of about 45%.

Zooming out to the county, Logan County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,829, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Logan County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,649 students), of which Merino Junior Senior High School is one.

Merino Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Merino Junior Senior High School's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 136 (now 155). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.