At $21,559 per pupil, Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and ranks #29 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
177
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$21,559
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and operates 3 public schools serving 177 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Ouray County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,559 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 58.3% local, 35.5% state, and 6.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 230.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 76.0% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ouray Senior High School, with a diversity index of 41.4/100.
Its largest campus is Ouray Elementary School, enrolling 79 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Ouray Elementary School accounts for 43.9% of all Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and student-counselor ratio is 230:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and'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 Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and?
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 177 students.
How much does Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and spend per student?
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and spends $21,559 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and?
Ouray School District No. R-1 of the County of Ouray and students are 76.0% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian, 1.3% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.