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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Highland Elementary School, Rifle, CO

CEP schoolHighland Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rifle, part of Garfield School District No. Re-2. It enrolled 451 students in 2024-25, with 16.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
451
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.5. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.7
District17.5
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 East 7th Street, Rifle, CO 81650
Phone
(970)665-6800
District
Garfield School District No. Re-2
County
Garfield County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
080624001967
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
202
Reduced-price lunch
56
Free or reduced-price lunch
25857.2% 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 Garfield School District No. Re-2

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.