NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Peyton, CO

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

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8
Schools
3,026
Students
39.5/100
Avg Resource Index
17.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Peyton has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Falcon High School enrolls 38.7% of Peyton'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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 8 listed Peyton schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Peyton lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 16 to 1,172 students, a 73-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 71%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
43rd percentile
Teacher staffing
29th percentile

Falcon High School accounts for 38.7% of all Peyton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Peyton-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

Peyton school enrollment varies 73× across entities

Peyton school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 1,172 students (highest), a spread of 1,156 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Peyton student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1 — 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 Peyton is typically wider than the Peyton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Peyton Senior High School 63
2. Peyton Junior High School 63
3. Peyton Elementary School 50
4. Bennett Ranch Elementary School 39
5. Falcon Middle School 35
6. Peyton College Academy 30
7. Falcon High School 21
8. Peyton Online Academy 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Peyton

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 Bennett Ranch Elementary School 59.8/100
  2. 2 Falcon Middle School 55.0/100
  3. 3 Falcon High School 54.2/100
  4. 4 Peyton Junior High School 42.9/100
  5. 5 Peyton Online Academy 40.3/100

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Which Peyton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Peyton Senior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Peyton schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Peyton, CO? ▼

Peyton has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,026 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.

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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.