Regular local school district · Garfield County
Garfield School District No. Re-2, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Garfield School District No. Re-2 runs 10 public schools with 4,695 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 4,695
- Teachers (FTE)
- 268
- Students per teacher
- 17.5
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 839 Whiteriver Ave, Rifle, CO 81650
- Phone
- (970)665-7600
- County
- Garfield County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0806240
- State district ID
- CO-1195
- Total staff (FTE)
- 674
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 224 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.5
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 (4,526), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $71.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.7 million
- State revenue
- $35.6 million
- Local revenue
- $28.5 million
- Total spending
- $61.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,600
- Salaries
- $33.1 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $60.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.8%
- State: 49.5%
- Local: 39.7%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,600
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 17.1 |
| Coal Ridge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 578 | 19.9 |
| Elk Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 272 | 14.3 |
| Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 424 | 20.2 |
| Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 451 | 16.7 |
| Kathryn Senor Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 275 | 15.3 |
| Rifle High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 778 | 20.5 |
| Rifle Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 552 | 15.3 |
| Riverside SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 483 | 14.6 |
| Wamsley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 420 | 28.0 |
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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.