Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Deer Creek Elementary School, Bailey, CO

CEP schoolDeer Creek Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bailey, part of Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park. It enrolled 367 students in 2024-25, with 16.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 367
Teachers (FTE): 23.0
Students per teacher: 16.0
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.0 higher than the district figure of 13.0. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.0

District13.0

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1737 Cr 43, Bailey, CO 80421
Phone: (303)838-7666
District: Platte Canyon School District No. 1 of the county of Park
County: Park County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 080237000086

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 131
Reduced-price lunch: 16
Free or reduced-price lunch: 14740.1% 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.

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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.