Regular local school district · Lake County
Lake County School District No. R-1, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake County School District No. R-1 runs 4 public schools with 931 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 931
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 328 West 5th Street, Leadville, CO 80461
- Phone
- (719)486-6800
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0805190
- State district ID
- CO-1510
- Total staff (FTE)
- 159
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 931 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
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 (998), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $18.4 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $40.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $40,405
- Salaries
- $8.7 million21.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.8%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 31.7%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$40,405
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake County School District No. R-1
By level: 2 high, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cloud City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 35 | 11.7 |
| Lake County Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 248 | 20.7 |
| Lake County High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 389 | 15.6 |
| Lake County Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 259 | 14.4 |
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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.