San Juan Mountain School
PAGOSA SPRINGS · CO · Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt · Public
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Norwood Public Schools → Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School → Ouray Senior High School → Byron Syring Delta Center → Primero Junior-Senior High School → Antonito High School → Nucla High School → Centennial School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How San Juan Mountain School compares for families
What families should know about San Juan Mountain School.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Norwood Public Schools, Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School, Ouray Senior High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Colorado Boulder
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $25,346/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 47 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Public Schools NORWOOD |
Public | 92.4 | 47 | — |
| Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School COTOPAXI |
Public | 106.0 | 48 | — |
| Ouray Senior High School OURAY |
Public | 64.0 | 46 | — |
| Byron Syring Delta Center MONTE VISTA |
Public | 52.5 | 51 | -10.5% |
| Primero Junior-Senior High School WESTON |
Public | 122.7 | 54 | — |
| Antonito High School ANTONITO |
Public | 56.4 | 58 | — |
| Nucla High School NUCLA |
Public | 109.2 | 60 | -4.8% |
| Centennial School SAN LUIS |
Public | 87.7 | 62 | +24.0% |