Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TELLURIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080687001170
Telluride Intermediate School
717 W. COLORADO AVENUE, TELLURIDE, CO 81435 · (970) 728-6615 · San Miguel County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
72 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 24% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 44.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Telluride Intermediate School
Telluride Intermediate School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telluride Intermediate School this school | 237 | 30.4% | 53.6% |
| Jefferson County Open Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 236 | 33.1% | 35.9% |
| Carrie Martin Elementary School LOVELAND | 247 | 32.4% | 50.0% |
| Namaqua Elementary School LOVELAND | 236 | 35.2% | 37.4% |
| Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School CANON CITY | 250 | 34.0% | 46.1% |
| Frisco Elementary School FRISCO | 215 | 27.0% | 45.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Telluride Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #237 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #327 of 940 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #192 of 946 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #854 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #174 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #695 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #703 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #130 of 664 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
237
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 200
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 8.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 237 | 17.5 | 13.6:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 16.1 | 14.5:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 19.1 | 12.5:1 | 18% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 31 | 8.0:1 | 20% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 20% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 27% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 260 | 20 | 13.0:1 | 8% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 200 | 14 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Telluride Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (334 to 237); teachers down 33% (26 to 17.5).
About Telluride Intermediate School
Telluride Intermediate School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in TELLURIDE, Colorado. The school serves 237 students in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 37% smaller than that.
Across its 4 schools, Telluride School District No. R-1 enrolls 799 students. Telluride Intermediate School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Telluride Intermediate School is 75% White. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of San Miguel County's population at about 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at Telluride Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school employs the equivalent of 17.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Telluride Intermediate School is 30%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Telluride Intermediate School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Telluride Intermediate School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.6%; the prediction is 48.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Miguel County show that median household income is about $79,024, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Telluride Intermediate School is one of 5 public schools in San Miguel County, which together enroll about 990 students.
The shortest distance from Telluride Intermediate School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Telluride Middle School. The five-mile area around Telluride Intermediate School holds 3 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Telluride Intermediate School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Federal data place Telluride Intermediate School in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 248 to 237. The ratio was 8.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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San Miguel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,968
Census ACS
Median income
$79,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
990 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Telluride School District No. R-1
- Telluride High SchoolHigh · 298 students
- Telluride Elementary SchoolElementary · 140 students
- Telluride Middle SchoolMiddle · 124 students
Other schools in TELLURIDE
- Telluride High SchoolHigh · 298 students
- Telluride Elementary SchoolElementary · 140 students
- Telluride Middle SchoolMiddle · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Telluride Middle School0.1 mi · 124
- Telluride High School0.1 mi · 298
- Telluride Elementary School0.3 mi · 140
- Ouray Middle School10.0 mi · 55
- Ouray Elementary School10.0 mi · 79
- Ouray Senior High School10.0 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About Telluride Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Telluride Intermediate School?
Telluride Intermediate School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Telluride Intermediate School serve?
Telluride Intermediate School serves grades 03-06.
How many students per teacher at Telluride Intermediate School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Telluride Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Telluride Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Telluride Intermediate School are roughly 75% White, 22% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Telluride Intermediate School public or private?
Telluride Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Telluride School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.