Regular local school district · Chaffee County
Buena Vista School District No. R-31, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Buena Vista School District No. R-31 runs 5 public schools with 925 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 4.0 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 925
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 113 North Court Street, Buena Vista, CO 81211
- Phone
- (719)395-7006
- County
- Chaffee County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0802640
- State district ID
- CO-0490
- Total staff (FTE)
- 173
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 231 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (962), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $8.5 million
- Local revenue
- $11.3 million
- Total spending
- $24.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,256
- Salaries
- $7.7 million31.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 39.9%
- Local: 52.7%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,256
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Buena Vista School District No. R-31
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avery/Parsons Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 383 | 13.7 |
| Buena Vista High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 256 | 11.6 |
| Buena Vista Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 211 | 11.1 |
| Chaffee County High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 15 | 15.0 |
| The Grove BVSD's Early Learning ProgramCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 60 | 60.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chaffee County
- Salida School District No. R-32 1,351 students
- Mountain BOCES
More in Colorado
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.