Nucla Elementary School

Nucla Elementary School, a cozy elementary school in NATURITA, Colorado, part of West End School District No. Re-2, enrolls 161 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Nucla Elementary School sits 58% below that benchmark.

West End School District No. Re-2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 260 students; Nucla Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Nucla Elementary School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Nucla Elementary School records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Nucla Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 32.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montrose County) shows that median household earnings sit near $72,120, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Montrose County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students), of which Nucla Elementary School is one.

Nucla High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Nucla Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nucla Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.7%.

Nucla Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nucla Elementary School has grew 26%, going from 128 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.