NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Fruita, CO

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

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7
Schools
3,822
Students
35.9/100
Avg Resource Index
16.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fruita has more public-school enrollment than 41% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fruita Monument High School enrolls 37.3% of Fruita's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Fruita's 7 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Fruita lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 38 to 1,427 students, a 38-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 59%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
36th percentile

Fruita Monument High School accounts for 37.3% of all Fruita public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Fruita-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Fruita school enrollment varies 38× across entities

Fruita school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 1,427 students (highest), a spread of 1,389 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Fruita student-teacher ratio is 16.7:1 — 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 Fruita is typically wider than the Fruita-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Fruita's 7 listed schools are charters

14% 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. Monument Ridge Elementary School 52
2. Rim Rock Elementary School 44
3. Fruita Middle School 36
4. Fruita Monument High School 33
5. Fruita 8/9 School 33
6. Shelledy Elementary School 27
7. Monument View Montessori Charter School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fruita

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 Monument View Montessori Charter School 43.3/100
  2. 2 Rim Rock Elementary School 41.2/100
  3. 3 Fruita Middle School 33.3/100
  4. 4 Fruita Monument High School 31.9/100
  5. 5 Shelledy Elementary School 25.3/100

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Which Fruita school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Monument Ridge Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fruita schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fruita, CO? ▼

Fruita has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,822 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.7:1.

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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.