Enrollment
191
Combined
STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-2J·NCES 080588001012
Norwood Public Schools
1225 WEST SUMMIT STREET, NORWOOD, CO 81423 · (970) 327-4336 · San Miguel County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
89 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 7 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (11).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 40.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Norwood Public Schools
Norwood Public Schools's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Public Schools this school | 191 | 46.6% | 44.1% |
| Flagler Public School FLAGLER | 186 | 41.4% | 33.6% |
| Cheraw School CHERAW | 209 | 46.4% | 39.1% |
| Hi-Plains School District R-23 SEIBERT | 96 | 47.9% | 21.9% |
| Creede School CREEDE | 92 | 40.2% | 41.7% |
| Liberty School JOES | 76 | 43.4% | 49.3% |
Matched among Colorado K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Norwood Public Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #6 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #4 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #13 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
191
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
+151% since 1990-91, when it was 76
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 191 | 16.7 | 11.4:1 | 47% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 20 | 9.7:1 | 43% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 17.4 | 10.9:1 | 27% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 31% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 18.9 | 12.7:1 | 46% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 56% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 124 | 13 | 9.5:1 | 35% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 157 | 13 | 12.1:1 | 22% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 76 | 10 | 7.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood Public Schools.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (239 to 191); teachers down 12% (18.9 to 16.7).
About Norwood Public Schools
Norwood Public Schools is classified as a school serving multiple grade levels. It is located in NORWOOD, Colorado. Its enrollment is 191 students, spread over pre-K through 12. On average, combined schools in Colorado enroll around 523, and this school is 63% below that mark.
Norwood School District No. R-2J is the district for Norwood Public Schools.
Of every 100 students at Norwood Public Schools, about 80 are White. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The diversity index for Norwood Public Schools is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 16.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.4:1. The gap from the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado is 2.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%. The 34% average for public schools in San Miguel County is 13 points lower.
Norwood Public Schools earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Colorado public K-12 schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.5% for Norwood Public Schools. The school posts 44.1%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, San Miguel County, median household income comes to about $79,024, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 5, with about 990 students.
Nucla Elementary School is about 16.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. On average proficiency, Norwood Public Schools is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count rose 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 9.1:1 to 11.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Norwood Public Schools. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Miguel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,968
Census ACS
Median income
$79,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
990 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Nucla Elementary School16.0 mi · 161
- Nucla Middle School16.8 mi · 39
- Nucla High School16.8 mi · 60
- Ridgway Elementary School28.8 mi · 149
- Telluride High School29.0 mi · 298
- Telluride Middle School29.0 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood Public SchoolsWhat is the total enrollment at Norwood Public Schools?
Norwood Public Schools enrolls approximately 191 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Norwood Public Schools serve?
Norwood Public Schools serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Norwood Public Schools have?
Norwood Public Schools employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Norwood Public Schools?
At Norwood Public Schools, the student body is approximately 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Norwood Public Schools public or private?
Norwood Public Schools is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwood School District No. R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.