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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Needham Elementary School, Durango, CO

CEP schoolNeedham Elementary School is a public elementary school in Durango, part of Durango School District No. 9-R. It enrolled 367 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
367
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 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 school11.8
District12.8
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
2425 West Third Avenue, Durango, CO 81301
Phone
(970)247-4791
District
Durango School District No. 9-R
County
La Plata County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
080348000453
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
148
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
15542.2% 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 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.