Pritchett Middle School

Set in PRITCHETT, Colorado, Pritchett Middle School is an one-room-style intermediate school, operated by Pritchett School District No. Re-3. It works with 10 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Pritchett Middle School sits 98% leaner than that benchmark.

Pritchett School District No. Re-3 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 64 students. Pritchett Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pritchett Middle School logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 20% Hispanic. By comparison, Baca County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Pritchett Middle School reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Baca County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Baca County shows the typical household earns roughly $46,215 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Baca County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 625 students), Pritchett Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Pritchett Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 8 students in 2018 compared to 10 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

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