Regular local school district · Larimer County
Estes Park School District R-3, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Estes Park School District R-3 runs 3 public schools with 882 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
- 3
- Students
- 882
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1605 Brodie Avenue, Estes Park, CO 80517
- Phone
- (970)586-2361
- County
- Larimer County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803810
- State district ID
- CO-1570
- Total staff (FTE)
- 162
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 176 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
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 (1,021), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $658,000
- Local revenue
- $15.4 million
- Total spending
- $15.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,554
- Salaries
- $8.9 million56.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.2%
- State: 3.6%
- Local: 84.3%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,554
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Estes Park School District R-3
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Estes Park High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 288 | 16.9 |
| Estes Park K-5 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 431 | 12.0 |
| Estes Park Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 163 | 10.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Larimer County
- Poudre School District R-1 29,381 students
- Thompson School District R-2J 14,580 students
- Larimer R-1 Poudre AU
- Larimer R-2J Thompson AU
- Larimer R-3 Park 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.