📍 418 South Sligo Street, Cortez, Montezuma County, 81321
Montezuma-Cortez High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cortez, Montezuma County. The school has 601 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Montezuma-Cortez High School enrolls 601 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 28% American Indian or Alaska Native and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 277 | 46% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 168 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 601 students (50%) 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.
Montezuma-Cortez High 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.
Montezuma-Cortez High 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 601 students, Montezuma-Cortez High School is larger than the district average of about 238 students per school.
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