Pleasant View Charter School

Pleasant View Charter School is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in PLEASANT VIEW, Colorado, overseen by Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, teacheing 35 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 91% smaller than typical.

Within Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, which oversees 10 schools and 2,380 students, Pleasant View Charter School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant View Charter School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Montezuma County reports that median household income runs about $65,244, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Pleasant View Charter School is one of 19 public schools in Montezuma County (combined enrollment of about 3,620 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, around 10.2 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. As a public charter, Pleasant View Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 35 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 76% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.