NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Steamboat Springs, CO

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7 public K-12 schools in Steamboat Springs 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
2,567
Students
49.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Steamboat Springs has more public-school enrollment than 22% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Steamboat Springs lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Steamboat Springs'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

Steamboat Springs lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 32 to 871 students, a 27-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 78%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
87th percentile
Teacher staffing
72nd percentile

Steamboat Springs High School accounts for 33.9% of all Steamboat Springs public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Steamboat Springs-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

Steamboat Springs school enrollment varies 27× across entities

Steamboat Springs school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 871 students (highest), a spread of 839 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Steamboat Springs student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Steamboat Springs'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. Soda Creek Elementary School 65
2. Strawberry Park Elementary School 63
3. Steamboat Springs Middle School 57
4. Sleeping Giant School 57
5. Steamboat Springs High School 40
6. Steamboat Montessori 38
7. Yampa Valley High School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Steamboat Springs

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 Yampa Valley High School 52.3/100
  2. 2 Soda Creek Elementary School 42.5/100
  3. 3 Sleeping Giant School 42.5/100
  4. 4 Steamboat Springs Middle School 37.2/100
  5. 5 Strawberry Park Elementary School 37.0/100

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Which Steamboat Springs school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Soda Creek Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Steamboat Springs schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Steamboat Springs, CO? ▼

Steamboat Springs has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,567 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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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.