At $26,138 per pupil, South Conejos School District No. Re10 ranks #19 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
174
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$26,138
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
South Conejos School District No. Re10 operates 3 public schools serving 174 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Conejos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,138 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 26.8% local, 55.9% state, and 17.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 85.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% White, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Guadalupe Elementary School, with a diversity index of 17.5/100.
Its largest campus is Guadalupe Elementary School, enrolling 114 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Antonito Middle School, at 24 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Guadalupe Elementary School accounts for 58.2% of all South Conejos School District No. Re10 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of South Conejos School District No. Re10 a distant remainder — means South Conejos School District No. Re10-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.
South Conejos School District No. Re10 school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities
South Conejos School District No. Re10 school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 114 students (highest), a spread of 90 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
South Conejos School District No. Re10 reports 67.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
South Conejos School District No. Re10 student-counselor ratio is 86:1 — 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.
South Conejos School District No. Re10 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.8% — 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 South Conejos School District No. Re10 is typically wider than the South Conejos School District No. Re10-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to South Conejos School District No. Re10'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 South Conejos School District No. Re10?
South Conejos School District No. Re10 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 174 students.
How much does South Conejos School District No. Re10 spend per student?
South Conejos School District No. Re10 spends $26,138 per student.
What is the demographic composition of South Conejos School District No. Re10?
South Conejos School District No. Re10 students are 92.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% White, 0.3% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.