Primero Junior-Senior High School

Primero Junior-Senior High School, a very small four-year high school in WESTON, Colorado, run under Primero Reorganized School District No. 2, caters to 102 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 84% smaller than typical.

Primero Junior-Senior High School is one of 2 schools operated by Primero Reorganized School District No. 2, a district that teaches 213 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Primero Junior-Senior High School logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Las Animas County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Primero Junior-Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Las Animas County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Primero Junior-Senior High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.7%; this one comes in at 27.6%, -23.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Las Animas County shows median household earnings sit near $52,074, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Primero Junior-Senior High School is one of 12 public schools in Las Animas County (combined enrollment of about 1,870 students).

The closest other public school is Primero Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Primero Junior-Senior High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Primero Junior-Senior High School has edged up 6%, going from 96 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 42% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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