Regular local school district · Elbert County
Elizabeth School District, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Elizabeth School District runs 7 public schools with 2,282 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.Listed in NCES data as "ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,282
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 634 South Elbert Street, Elizabeth, CO 80107
- Phone
- (303)646-4441
- County
- Elbert County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803720
- State district ID
- CO-0920
- Total staff (FTE)
- 362
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 326 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
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 (2,212), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $12.0 million
- Local revenue
- $12.3 million
- Total spending
- $26.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,133
- Salaries
- $14.4 million53.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 45.5%
- Local: 46.6%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,133
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Elizabeth School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Elizabeth High School | High | 9 to 12 | 668 | 16.3 |
| Elizabeth Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 386 | 18.4 |
| Elizabeth Running Creek Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 53 | |
| Legacy AcademyCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 428 | 13.8 |
| Running Creek Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 292 | 12.7 |
| Singing Hills Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 383 | 16.7 |
| Singing Hills Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 72 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Elbert County
- Big Sandy School District No. 100J 329 students
- School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State of 292 students
- Elbert School District No. 200 277 students
- Agate School District No. 300 85 students
- Elizabeth School District AU
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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. 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.