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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Animas Valley Elementary School, Durango, CO

CEP schoolAnimas Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school in Durango, part of Durango School District No. 9-R. It enrolled 185 students in 2024-25, with 10.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
185
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Students per teacher
10.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 12.8. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.3
District12.8
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
373 Hermosa Meadows Road, Durango, CO 81301
Phone
(970)247-0124
District
Durango School District No. 9-R
County
La Plata County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
080348001066
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
67
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
7037.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Durango School District No. 9-R

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.