Colorado Public Schools

Colorado is the #20 largest school system in the United States, serving 843,064 students across 1,799 public schools. There are 39 Blue Ribbon Schools, 24 magnet schools, 168 charter schools, and 8 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(CO) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 3%
% Hispanic		 32%
% Black		 5%
% White		 57%
Unknown		 2%

Colorado Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adams County 29 27 106
2. Alamosa County 3 3 4
3. Arapahoe County 25 30 94
4. Archuleta County 2 1 1
5. Baca County 6 4 7
6. Bent County 2 1 3
7. Boulder County 19 20 54
8. Chaffee County 4 2 2
9. Cheyenne County 2 2 3
10. Clear Creek County - 1 2
11. Conejos County 4 3 5
12. Costilla County 2 2 2
13. Crowley County 2 2 2
14. Custer County 1 1 1
15. Delta County 8 6 11
16. Denver County 37 34 113
17. Dolores County 1 - 2
18. Douglas County 14 11 61
19. Eagle County 6 6 14
20. El Paso County 55 51 145
21. Elbert County 5 4 7
22. Fremont County 5 4 12
23. Garfield County 11 10 17
24. Grand County 2 2 5
25. Gunnison County 3 2 3
26. Hinsdale County 1 1 1
27. Huerfano County 3 - 3
28. Jackson County 1 1 2
29. Jefferson County 45 38 123
30. Kiowa County 2 2 3
31. Kit Carson County 5 3 5
32. La Plata County 6 7 11
33. Lake County 1 1 2
34. Larimer County 18 21 62
35. Las Animas County 7 2 7
36. Lincoln County 4 4 6
37. Logan County 6 1 7
38. Mesa County 13 15 36
39. Mineral County 1 1 2
40. Moffat County 1 1 6
41. Montezuma County 4 3 10
42. Montrose County 5 3 9
43. Morgan County 5 5 8
44. Otero County 6 2 8
45. Ouray County 2 2 2
46. Park County 2 2 4
47. Phillips County 2 1 2
48. Pitkin County 1 1 3
49. Prowers County 4 3 7
50. Pueblo County 14 16 40
51. Rio Blanco County 2 2 3
52. Rio Grande County 7 5 7
53. Routt County 4 3 6
54. Saguache County 3 3 3
55. San Juan County 1 1 1
56. San Miguel County 2 2 3
57. Sedgwick County 3 - 2
58. Summit County 2 1 6
59. Teller County 2 1 4
60. Washington County 5 1 5
61. Weld County 23 25 61
62. Yuma County 4 2 5

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