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Gunnison High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
800 West Ohio
Gunnison, CO 81230
Phone
(970) 641-7700
District
Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J
County
GUNNISON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
396
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

6

(10 is best)

Better than 59.2% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Gunnison High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
51%
44%
60%
50%
42%
38%
51%
44%
60%
50%
42%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
39%
46%
47%
25%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 103 26.0%
Grade 10 104 26.3%
Grade 11 98 24.7%
Grade 12 91 23.0%
Total 396 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 70.2% 78.1% 53.6%
Black 0.5% 0.3% 4.9%
Hispanic 28.0% 20.0% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.8% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.8% 22.4% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 21.2% 17.1% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.6% 5.3% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,030 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4.6 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.5% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,733 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 4.0% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.4% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.7% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.2% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.8% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.2% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,253 $14,949,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $408 $840,000 2.8%
Staff $1,105 $2,278,000 7.6%
General Administration $460 $948,000 3.1%
School Administration $830 $1,711,000 5.7%
Operation $1,128 $2,324,000 7.7%
Transportation $425 $875,000 2.9%
Other $978 $2,015,000 6.7%
Total Support $5,333 $10,991,000 36.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,035 $4,194,000 13.9%
Total Expenditures $14,621 $30,134,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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