NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Monte Vista, CO

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

1,268

Students

51.4/100

Avg Resource Index

18.6:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Monte Vista has more public-school enrollment than 4% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Monte Vista's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Monte Vista's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Monte Vista's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 90th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 22nd percentile. The 68-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 96%
School count: Top 46%
Resource Index average: 90th percentile
Teacher staffing: 22nd percentile

Monte Vista Senior High School accounts for 21.5% of all Monte Vista public-school enrollment

That concentration means Monte Vista-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Monte Vista school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities

Monte Vista school enrollment ranges from 43 students (lowest) to 272 students (highest), a spread of 229 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Monte Vista reports 51.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Monte Vista student-teacher ratio is 18.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Monte Vista on-Line Academy	74	43	Combined	Monte Vista School District No. C-8
2.	Sargent Senior High School	58	81	high	Sargent School District No. Re-33j
3.	Monte Vista Middle School	57	190	middle	Monte Vista School District No. C-8
4.	Sargent Elementary School	55	142	elementary	Sargent School District No. Re-33j
5.	Bill Metz Elementary School	53	253	elementary	Monte Vista School District No. C-8
6.	Sargent Junior High School	53	70	middle	Sargent School District No. Re-33j
7.	Monte Vista Senior High School	49	272	high	Monte Vista School District No. C-8
8.	Marsh Elementary School	37	166	Combined	Monte Vista School District No. C-8
9.	Byron Syring Delta Center	27	51	high	Monte Vista School District No. C-8

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Monte Vista

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.

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Which Monte Vista school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Monte Vista on-Line Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Monte Vista schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Monte Vista, CO? ▼

Monte Vista has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,268 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.6:1.

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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.