📍 373 Hermosa Meadows Road, Durango, La Plata County, 81301
Animas Valley Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Durango, La Plata County. The school has 188 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durango School District No. 9-R school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
Animas Valley Elementary School enrolls 188 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 11% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 102 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 28% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 21 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
76 of the school's 188 students (40%) 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.
Animas Valley Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Animas Valley Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Durango School District No. 9-R, based in DURANGO, Colorado. The district serves 4,337 students district-wide and employs 389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 188 students, Animas Valley Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 334 students per school.
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