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Fort Lupton, Colorado - 6 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Weld Re-8 Schools #116 of 142 districts in Colorado (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,774 per pupil, Weld Re-8 Schools ranks #127 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,522
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,774
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Weld Re-8 Schools operates 6 public schools serving 2,522 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Weld County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,774 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.7% local, 26.6% state, and 12.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #116 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 399.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.5% Hispanic or Latino, 25.8% White, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kenneth Homyak Pk-8, with a diversity index of 57.3/100.
Its largest campus is Fort Lupton High School, enrolling 721 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Little Trappers Preschool, at 157 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Fort Lupton High School accounts for 28.6% of all Weld Re-8 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Weld Re-8 Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Weld Re-8 Schools school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Weld Re-8 Schools school enrollment ranges from 157 students (lowest) to 721 students (highest), a spread of 564 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.
Weld Re-8 Schools student-counselor ratio is 399:1 — 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.
Weld Re-8 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 33.3% — 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.