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Custer County School District Consolidate 1, CO: schools, enrollment and spending

Custer County School District Consolidate 1 runs 3 public schools with 313 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 5.9 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.

At a glance

Schools
3
Students
313
Teachers (FTE)
29
Students per teacher
10.8
CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
Address
709 Main Street, Westcliffe, CO 81252
County
Custer County
Locale
Rural: Remote
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
0807200
State district ID
CO-0860
Total staff (FTE)
66
School counselors (FTE)
1.0About 313 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
1.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district10.8
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 (343), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$6.2 million
Federal revenue
$1.0 million
State revenue
$1.2 million
Local revenue
$4.0 million
Total spending
$5.1 million
Spending per pupil
$15,006
Salaries
$2.5 million48.5% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$6.3 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 16.3%
  • State: 19.6%
  • Local: 64.0%

Colorado overall

  • Federal: 11.9%
  • State: 37.4%
  • Local: 50.7%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$15,006
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826

Schools in Custer County School District Consolidate 1

By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Custer County Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 51469.7
Custer County High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 129814.0
Custer Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 86911.5

Nearby and related

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.