Norwood Public Schools

As a micro-enrollment unified-grade school in NORWOOD, Colorado, Norwood Public Schools educates 191 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by Norwood School District No. R-2J. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 523 students each, so Norwood Public Schools sits 63% below that benchmark.

Norwood Public Schools is a school of Norwood School District No. R-2J, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Norwood Public Schools logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Norwood Public Schools has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Miguel County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Norwood Public Schools performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Miguel County put median household income runs about $79,024, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, San Miguel County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 990 students), of which Norwood Public Schools is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nucla Elementary School, around 16.0 miles off. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norwood Public Schools ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 239 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Norwood Public Schools typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.