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Burlington, Colorado - 3 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j #131 of 142 districts in Colorado (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,242 per pupil, Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j ranks #172 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j operates 3 public schools serving 762 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Kit Carson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,242 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 18 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.7% local, 44.7% state, and 11.6% 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 25/100, ranked #131 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 542.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.8% White, 45.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Burlington High School, with a diversity index of 56.1/100.
Its largest campus is Burlington Elementary School, enrolling 320 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Burlington Elementary School accounts for 42.0% of all Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j student-counselor ratio is 542:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j chronic absenteeism rate is 30.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j'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 Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j?
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 762 students.
How much does Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j spend per student?
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j spends $10,242 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #131 in Colorado.
What is the demographic composition of Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j?
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j students are 50.8% White, 45.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j?
Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #131 out of 142 districts in Colorado.