At $20,984 per pupil, Norwood School District No. R-2j ranks #31 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
189
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$20,984
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Norwood School District No. R-2j operates 1 public schools serving 189 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 San Miguel County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,984 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 23.3% local, 66.6% state, and 10.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 191:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% White, 13.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Norwood Public Schools, enrolling 191 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Norwood Public Schools accounts for 100.0% of all Norwood School District No. R-2j student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Norwood School District No. R-2j a distant remainder — means Norwood School District No. R-2j-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.
Norwood School District No. R-2j student-counselor ratio is 191:1 — 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.
Norwood School District No. R-2j chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — 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 Norwood School District No. R-2j'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 Norwood School District No. R-2j?
Norwood School District No. R-2j has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 189 students.
How much does Norwood School District No. R-2j spend per student?
Norwood School District No. R-2j spends $20,984 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Norwood School District No. R-2j?
Norwood School District No. R-2j students are 80.1% White, 13.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.