Steamboat Montessori

Steamboat Montessori is an elementary school of very small scale in STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado, part of State Charter School Institute, enrolling 140 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Steamboat Montessori sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Within State Charter School Institute, which oversees 49 schools and 21,411 students, Steamboat Montessori is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Steamboat Montessori lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Routt County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Steamboat Montessori tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Routt County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,489 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Steamboat Montessori is one of 15 public schools in Routt County (combined enrollment of about 3,419 students).

The closest other public school is Sleeping Giant School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Steamboat Montessori at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Steamboat Montessori is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Steamboat Montessori has declined 25%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 140 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.