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Leadville, Colorado - 4 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Lake County School District No. R-1 #28 of 142 districts in Colorado (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,023 per pupil, Lake County School District No. R-1 ranks #66 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
Lake County School District No. R-1 operates 4 public schools serving 979 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,023 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.4% local, 39.2% state, and 16.5% 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 66/100, ranked #28 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 (2 AP courses district-wide), a 401.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.8% Hispanic or Latino, 32.7% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lake County Elementary School, with a diversity index of 52.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lake County High School, enrolling 389 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cloud City High School, at 35 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake County High School accounts for 39.7% of all Lake County School District No. R-1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lake County School District No. R-1-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.
Lake County School District No. R-1 school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Lake County School District No. R-1 school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 389 students (highest), a spread of 354 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.
Lake County School District No. R-1 student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lake County School District No. R-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Lake County School District No. R-1 is typically wider than the Lake County School District No. R-1-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Lake County 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 Lake County School District No. R-1?
Lake County School District No. R-1 has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 979 students.
How much does Lake County School District No. R-1 spend per student?
Lake County School District No. R-1 spends $16,023 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #28 in Colorado.
What is the demographic composition of Lake County School District No. R-1?
Lake County School District No. R-1 students are 64.8% Hispanic or Latino, 32.7% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lake County School District No. R-1?
Lake County School District No. R-1 has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #28 out of 142 districts in Colorado.