Regular local school district · La Plata County
Durango School District No. 9-R, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Durango School District No. 9-R runs 12 public schools with 4,337 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 3.9 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,337
- Teachers (FTE)
- 340
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 281 Sawyer Dr Suite 100, Durango, CO 81303
- Phone
- (970)247-5411
- County
- La Plata County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803480
- State district ID
- CO-1520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 793
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 217 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 27.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (6,931), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $90.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.6 million
- State revenue
- $48.0 million
- Local revenue
- $36.3 million
- Total spending
- $75.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,834
- Salaries
- $33.4 million44.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $109.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 52.8%
- Local: 39.9%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,834
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Durango School District No. 9-R
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Animas Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 185 | 10.3 |
| Durango Big Picture High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 99 | 9.0 |
| Durango High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,352 | 16.3 |
| Escalante Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 461 | 13.2 |
| Florida Mesa Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 293 | 10.5 |
| Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 116 | 10.5 |
| Miller Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 360 | 12.0 |
| Needham Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 367 | 11.8 |
| Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 452 | 12.9 |
| Riverview Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 374 | 12.1 |
| Sunnyside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 107 | 10.7 |
| The Juniper SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 171 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in La Plata County
- Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R 1,183 students
- Ignacio School District No. 11Jt 633 students
- San Juan BOCES 48 students
- Durango 9-R AU
- San Juan BOCES AU
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.