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Platte Canyon 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
57243 Us Highway 285
Bailey, CO 80421
Phone
(303) 838-7666
District
Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park
County
PARK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
228
Classroom Teachers
15

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

9

(10 is best)

Better than 80.3% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Platte Canyon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
44%
50%
50%
57%
38%
54%
44%
50%
50%
57%
38%
    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
15
15
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 52 22.8%
Grade 10 59 25.9%
Grade 11 60 26.3%
Grade 12 57 25.0%
Total 228 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.1% 86.1% 53.6%
Black 1.4% 0.5% 4.9%
Hispanic 12.5% 12.5% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.6% 19.7% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 11.4% 15.4% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 4.3% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,571 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 33.6 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.2% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.1% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.1% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 35.7% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,274 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 2.6% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.6% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 28.7% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.9% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.8% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.3% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.6% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,808 $5,426,000 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $393 $313,000 2.9%
Staff $848 $676,000 6.3%
General Administration $149 $119,000 1.1%
School Administration $921 $734,000 6.8%
Operation $1,332 $1,062,000 9.9%
Transportation $716 $571,000 5.3%
Other $1,125 $897,000 8.3%
Total Support $5,486 $4,372,000 40.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,217 $970,000 9.0%
Total Expenditures $13,511 $10,768,000 100.0%
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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