Stratton Senior High School

Stratton Senior High School, a minimally staffed senior high in STRATTON, Colorado, run under School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat, enrolls 64 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 90% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in School District No. R-4 in the county of Kit Carson and Stat (219 students total), Stratton Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Stratton Senior High School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic. Compared to Kit Carson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Stratton Senior High School lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Stratton Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Stratton Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kit Carson County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kit Carson County put median household income runs about $70,259, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Kit Carson County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,342 students), Stratton Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Stratton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Stratton Senior High School.

Stratton Senior High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 45%: 44 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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