Sterling High School

Sterling High School is a small high school based in STERLING, Colorado. The school has 421 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 627 students for high schools in Colorado.

School District No. Re-1 Valley is the district for Sterling High School. It has 7 schools and 1,910 students.

At Sterling High School, 64% of students are White. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Logan County is about 82% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.

Sterling High School lists 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.5 students per teacher. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 16.9:1 for high schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 44% of the student body. Public schools in Logan County average a similar 45%.

Looking at the county, Logan County, median household income comes to about $51,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 13 public schools and about 2,649 students.

The closest school to Sterling High School is Sterling Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. Sterling High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 421, down from 450 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.5:1 to 15.5:1.

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