📍 620 East Montezuma, Cortez, Montezuma County, 81321
Kemper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cortez, Montezuma County. The school has 357 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Kemper Elementary School enrolls 357 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 21% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 169 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 22% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 76 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
249 of the school's 357 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kemper Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Kemper Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, based in CORTEZ, Colorado. The district serves 2,380 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 357 students, Kemper Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 238 students per school.
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