Yuma High School

As a rural-scale four-year high school in YUMA, Colorado, Yuma High School caters to 228 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Yuma 1 School District. That puts it 64% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Yuma High School is one of 4 schools operated by Yuma 1 School District, a district that educates 802 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Yuma High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 37% White. By comparison, Yuma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Yuma High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Yuma High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 20.1%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Yuma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,545 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Yuma High School is one of 9 public schools in Yuma County (combined enrollment of about 1,759 students).

The closest other public school is Yuma Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Yuma High School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yuma High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Yuma High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 224 (now 228). Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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