Salida High School

As a modestly sized 9-12 campus in SALIDA, Colorado, Salida High School works with 409 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Salida School District No. R-32. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Salida High School sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

Salida High School is one of 6 schools operated by Salida School District No. R-32, a district that works with 1,351 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Salida High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Salida High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chaffee County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Chaffee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,132, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salida High School is one of 12 public schools in Chaffee County (combined enrollment of about 2,462 students).

The closest other public school is Salida Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Salida High School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Salida High School's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 409). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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