NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Falcon, CO

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6 public K-12 schools in Falcon from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,718
Students
45.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Falcon has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Falcon's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Falcon's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

2 of 6 listed Falcon campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 19-point gap between Patriot High School and Woodmen Hills Elementary School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 76%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
73rd percentile
Teacher staffing
47th percentile

Meridian Ranch Elementary School accounts for 24.7% of all Falcon public-school enrollment

That concentration means Falcon-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Falcon school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities

Falcon school enrollment ranges from 115 students (lowest) to 670 students (highest), a spread of 555 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Falcon operates one school district — a single-district system

Falcon's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Falcon student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Falcon is typically wider than the Falcon-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Falcon's 6 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Patriot High School 53
2. Falcon Elementary School of Technology 49
3. Meridian Ranch Elementary School 48
4. Liberty Tree Academy 48
5. Pikes Peak School Expeditionary Learning 42
6. Woodmen Hills Elementary School 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Falcon

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Patriot High School 57.1/100
  2. 2 Meridian Ranch Elementary School 56.8/100
  3. 3 Woodmen Hills Elementary School 55.8/100
  4. 4 Falcon Elementary School of Technology 54.1/100
  5. 5 Liberty Tree Academy 50.8/100

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Which Falcon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Patriot High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Falcon schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Falcon, CO? ▼

Falcon has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,718 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.