Soroco High School

Soroco High School, a minimally staffed high school in OAK CREEK, Colorado, operated by South Routt School District No. Re 3, instructs 103 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Soroco High School sits 84% leaner than that benchmark.

Within South Routt School District No. Re 3, which oversees 4 schools and 326 students, Soroco High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Soroco High School shows that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Soroco High School shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Soroco High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Routt County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,489, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Routt County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,419 students), Soroco High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Soroco Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Soroco High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.2%.

Soroco High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 98 students in 2018 compared to 103 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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