At $29,310 per pupil, Kit Carson School District No. R-1 ranks #13 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kit Carson School District No. R-1 operates 2 public schools serving 100 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 Cheyenne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,310 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 18 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.2% local, 41.3% state, and 4.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools.
Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School accounts for 50.5% of all Kit Carson School District No. R-1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kit Carson School District No. R-1 a distant remainder — means Kit Carson School District No. R-1-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.
Kit Carson School District No. R-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Kit Carson School District No. R-1'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 Kit Carson School District No. R-1?
Kit Carson School District No. R-1 has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 100 students.
How much does Kit Carson School District No. R-1 spend per student?
Kit Carson School District No. R-1 spends $29,310 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Kit Carson School District No. R-1?
Kit Carson School District No. R-1 students are 74.3% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.