Nucla High School

Nucla High School is a public high school in NUCLA, Colorado. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 60 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Colorado is roughly 627 students; this school is 90% smaller than that.

West End School District No. Re-2, which runs Nucla High School, has 3 schools and 260 students.

Nucla High School's enrollment is 78% White. Next come 17% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share in Montrose County as a whole is similar, at about 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at Nucla High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.

Its teaching staff equals 7.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 8.3:1. That ratio is under the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Around 58% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Montrose County, the average is about the same, 56%.

Census Bureau estimates for Montrose County show that median household income is about $72,120, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 19 public schools operate in Montrose County, serving about 6,237 students.

Nucla Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 68 to 60. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.6:1).

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