Telluride High School

Telluride High School is a small four-year high school in TELLURIDE, Colorado, run under Telluride School District No. R-1. The school instructs 298 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Telluride School District No. R-1 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 799 students. Telluride High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Telluride High School shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Telluride High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Miguel County put the typical household earns roughly $79,024 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Telluride High School is one of 5 public schools in San Miguel County (combined enrollment of about 990 students).

The closest other public school is Telluride Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Telluride High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Telluride High School has rose 18%, going from 252 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.