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Bayfield, Colorado - 4 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R #48 of 142 districts in Colorado (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,174 per pupil, Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R ranks #119 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,279
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,174
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R operates 4 public schools serving 1,279 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 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 La Plata County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,174 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 37.7% local, 54.5% state, and 7.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #48 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 188.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.0% White, 19.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bayfield Primary School, with a diversity index of 46.6/100.
Its largest campus is Bayfield High School, enrolling 404 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Bayfield High School accounts for 31.6% of all Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R student-counselor ratio is 188:1 — 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.
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R chronic absenteeism rate is 50.8% — 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 Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R'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 Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R?
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,279 students.
How much does Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R spend per student?
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R spends $13,174 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #48 in Colorado.
What is the demographic composition of Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R?
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R students are 71.0% White, 19.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R?
Bayfield School District No. 10jt-R has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #48 out of 142 districts in Colorado.