At $23,790 per pupil, Agate School District No. 300 ranks #26 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Agate School District No. 300 operates 2 public schools serving 81 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Elbert County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,790 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 31.0% local, 58.5% state, and 10.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.6% White, 27.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Agate Elementary School, enrolling 53 students (62% of the district's total enrollment).
Agate Elementary School accounts for 62.4% of all Agate School District No. 300 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Agate School District No. 300 a distant remainder — means Agate School District No. 300-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Agate School District No. 300 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Agate School District No. 300 is typically wider than the Agate School District No. 300-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Agate School District No. 300's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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