High · Alternative · Grades 9 to 12

Southwest Open Charter School, Cortez, CO

Charter schoolCEP schoolSouthwest Open Charter School is a public high school in Cortez, part of Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1. It enrolled 131 students in 2024-25, with 13.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 131
Teachers (FTE): 10.0
Students per teacher: 13.1
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.8 lower than the district figure of 15.9. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.1

District15.9

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 401 North Dolores Road, Cortez, CO 81321
Phone: (970)565-1150
District: Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
County: Montezuma County
Level: High
Type: Alternative
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Remote
NCES school ID: 080309001692

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 99
Reduced-price lunch: 5
Free or reduced-price lunch: 10479.4% 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 high schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1

Montezuma-Cortez High School 598 students

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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.