Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind operates 1 public schools serving 166 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 El Paso County.
a 83.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.3% White, 36.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% African American across the district's schools.
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind accounts for 100.0% of all Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind a distant remainder — means Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind-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.
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind reports 55.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind student-counselor ratio is 84:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind chronic absenteeism rate is 39.5% — 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 Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind'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 Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind?
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 166 students.
What is the demographic composition of Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind?
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind students are 41.3% White, 36.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% African American, 7.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.