Plainview Junior-Senior High School

Plainview Junior-Senior High School is a small high school. Its address is in SHERIDAN LAKE, Colorado. The latest federal count shows 11 students in grades 6 through 12. Against the 627-student average for high schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 98% lower.

Kiowa County School District No. Re-2 (2 schools, 32 students) runs Plainview Junior-Senior High School.

At Plainview Junior-Senior High School, White students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic and 18% multiracial. The school's White share is 34 points below the 89% share among Kiowa County residents.

Federal data list 3.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Plainview Junior-Senior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 2.8:1. That is lower than the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. The lunch program counts 27% of students at Plainview Junior-Senior High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Kiowa County, the average is 63%.

Census Bureau estimates for Kiowa County show that the median household income is $58,618, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 5 public schools in Kiowa County, enrolling about 243 students in all.

Nearby, Plainview Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away.

Locale data from NCES put Plainview Junior-Senior High School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).

The 2020-21 count was 21 students and the 2024-25 count was 11. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 7.0:1 in 2020-21 to 2.8:1 in 2024-25.

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