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Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 runs 10 public schools with 2,380 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 2,380
- Teachers (FTE)
- 150
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 400 North Elm, Cortez, CO 81321
- Phone
- (970)565-7282
- County
- Montezuma County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803090
- State district ID
- CO-2035
- Total staff (FTE)
- 347
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 216 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
- Charter schools
- 4
Students per teacher compared
This district15.9
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 (2,607), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.5 million
- State revenue
- $10.7 million
- Local revenue
- $15.6 million
- Total spending
- $30.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,854
- Salaries
- $14.9 million48.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.8%
- State: 32.6%
- Local: 47.6%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,854
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Battle Rock Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 88 | 14.7 |
| Beech Street PreschoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 70 | |
| Children's Kiva Montessori SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 130 | 14.4 |
| Kemper Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 339 | 14.1 |
| Lewis-Arriola Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 125 | 15.6 |
| Mesa Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 359 | 13.8 |
| Montezuma-Cortez High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 598 | 21.4 |
| Montezuma-Cortez Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 505 | 15.3 |
| Pleasant View Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 35 | 17.5 |
| Southwest Open Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 131 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Montezuma County
- Dolores School District No. Re-4A 668 students
- Mancos School District Re-6 511 students
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.