Melvin Hendrickson Development Center
Public school, pre-kindergarten · Lamar, Colorado
Melvin Hendrickson Development Center in Lamar, Colorado enrolled 122 students in 2024-25 with 2.2 full-time teachers, 56.5 students per teacher against the Colorado median of 15.4. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 45%
125 students in 2022-23, 108 students in 2023-24, 122 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 3.9 to 2.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 125 | 3.9 | 32.1 |
| 2023-24 | 108 | 3.9 | 27.8 |
| 2024-25 | 122 | 2.2 | 56.5 |
56.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 97 of every 100 Colorado schools of this kind
Among the 118 Colorado schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.4; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Melvin Hendrickson Development Center reported and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
59.0% of students were Hispanic, 39.3% White, 0.8% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic59.0%
- White39.3%
- Black0.8%
- American Indian0.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Melvin Hendrickson Development Center
- Holly SchoolThe nearest public school of this kind, 27 miles away: 276 students, 13.8 per teacher (2024-25).27 mi
- Compare Melvin Hendrickson Development Center with Holly SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Lamar School District RE-2 spends per student$10,990 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,990
- The largest public schools in ColoradoMelvin Hendrickson Development Center is the number 80 by size of 136 Colorado schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#80 of 136
- Colorado schools by students per teacher56.5 students per teacher here against the Colorado median of 15.4 for schools of this kind.56.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Melvin Hendrickson Development Center
How many students attend Melvin Hendrickson Development Center?
122 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 125 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Lamar, CO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Melvin Hendrickson Development Center?
56.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Colorado median for schools of this kind is 15.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Melvin Hendrickson Development Center a Title I school?
Melvin Hendrickson Development Center was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Melvin Hendrickson Development Center in?
Lamar School District RE-2, NCES district ID 0805220. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 080522001983 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.