Elementary · Colorado

Highland Elementary School

Free meals for all

Highland Elementary School, a public elementary school in Rifle, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 451 students, 16.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Garfield School District No. Re-2.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 451
Teachers (FTE): 27.6
Students per teacher: 16.4
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 69% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Garfield School District No. Re-2

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Garfield School District No. Re-2.

Location

Address: 1500 East 7TH Street, Rifle, CO 81650
Phone: (970)665-6800
City or town: Rifle
County: Garfield County

Website Quality of life in Rifle Schools in Rifle

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	424	19.3	0.6 mi
Wamsley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	420	26.5	1.3 mi
Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	462	16.6	5.6 mi
Elk Creek ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	272	14.1	12.2 mi
Kathryn Senor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	275	14.5	12.9 mi
Grand Valley Center for Family LearningFree meals for all	Pre-K–1	265	16.6	16.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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