Mountain Valley School

Set in SAGUACHE, Colorado, Mountain Valley School is a rural-scale unified-grade school, one of the schools within Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1. It teaches 105 students across grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 523 students each, so Mountain Valley School sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Mountain Valley School answers to Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain Valley School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Mountain Valley School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Saguache County runs at roughly 87%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mountain Valley School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Saguache County put median household earnings sit near $50,082, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Saguache County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 932 students), Mountain Valley School is one campus in the mix.

Moffat Prek-12 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 13.6 miles from this campus. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain Valley School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 20.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Mountain Valley School's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 125 (now 105). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 59%.

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