Ouray Elementary School

Ouray Elementary School is an elementary-level community of rural-scale scale in OURAY, Colorado, overseen by Ouray School District No. R-1 of the county of Ouray and, enrolling 79 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Ouray Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Ouray School District No. R-1 of the county of Ouray and, a district that hosts 180 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ouray Elementary School shows that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Ouray County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ouray Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ouray County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,020, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ouray Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Ouray County (combined enrollment of about 500 students).

The closest other public school is Ouray Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ouray Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ouray Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ouray Elementary School has decreased 12%, going from 90 students in 2018 to 79 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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