📍 401 North Dolores Road, Cortez, Montezuma County, 81321
Southwest Open Charter School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Cortez, Montezuma County. The school has 113 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 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Southwest Open Charter School enrolls 113 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 22% American Indian or Alaska Native and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 61 | 54% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 25 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
82 of the school's 113 students (73%) 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.
Southwest Open Charter School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Southwest Open Charter 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 113 students, Southwest Open Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 238 students per school.
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