Platte Canyon High School

Platte Canyon High School, an one-room-style four-year high school in BAILEY, Colorado, run under Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park, educates 183 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

Platte Canyon High School is one of 3 schools operated by Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park, a district that serves 688 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Platte Canyon High School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Platte Canyon High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Park County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Platte Canyon High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Around the school, Park County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,670 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Park County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,264 students), Platte Canyon High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fitzsimmons Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Platte Canyon High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.5%.

Platte Canyon High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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