📍 1401 East 6th Stree, La Junta, Otero County, 81050
Tiger Trades Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in La Junta, Otero County. The school has 118 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Otero School District No. R1 school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 4.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
Tiger Trades Academy enrolls 118 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 4.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 3.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 62% |
| White | 36 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 3.4% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
104 of the school's 118 students (88%) 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.
Tiger Trades Academy 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.
Tiger Trades Academy is one of 4 schools in East Otero School District No. R1, based in LA JUNTA, Colorado. The district serves 1,284 students district-wide and employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 118 students, Tiger Trades Academy is smaller than the district average of about 321 students per school.
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