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Pagosa Springs, Colorado - 5 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt #92 of 142 districts in Colorado (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,212 per pupil, Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt ranks #140 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,678
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,212
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt operates 5 public schools serving 1,678 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high 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 Archuleta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,212 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.4% local, 36.2% state, and 16.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #92 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 183.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 57.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.1% White, 38.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pagosa Springs High School, with a diversity index of 59.3/100.
Its largest campus is Pagosa Springs Elementary School, enrolling 511 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is San Juan Mountain School, at 47 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pagosa Springs Elementary School accounts for 30.5% of all Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 511 students (highest), a spread of 464 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt chronic absenteeism rate is 57.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt?
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt has 5 schools, including 3 elementary, 2 high. Total enrollment is 1,678 students.
How much does Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt spend per student?
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt spends $12,212 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #92 in Colorado.
What is the demographic composition of Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt?
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt students are 51.1% White, 38.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt?
Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #92 out of 142 districts in Colorado.