Regular local school district · Montrose County
Montrose County School District Re-1J, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Montrose County School District Re-1J runs 15 public schools with 5,977 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 5,977
- Teachers (FTE)
- 352
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 930 Colorado Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401
- Phone
- (970)249-7726
- County
- Montrose County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0805790
- State district ID
- CO-2180
- Total staff (FTE)
- 784
- School counselors (FTE)
- 23.0About 260 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district17.0
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 (5,836), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.7 million
- State revenue
- $40.6 million
- Local revenue
- $19.7 million
- Total spending
- $79.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,648
- Salaries
- $35.9 million45.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.4%
- State: 55.7%
- Local: 27.0%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,648
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Black Canyon High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 100 | 14.3 |
| Centennial Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 540 | 15.0 |
| Columbine Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 491 | 16.9 |
| Cottonwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 394 | 17.1 |
| Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 162 | 40.5 |
| Johnson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 531 | 19.7 |
| Montrose High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,279 | 19.4 |
| Northside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 327 | 14.9 |
| Oak Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 374 | 16.3 |
| Olathe Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 424 | 18.4 |
| Olathe Middle/High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 499 | 13.9 |
| Outer RangeCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 71 | 8.9 |
| Peak Virtual AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 262 | 20.2 |
| Pomona Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 335 | 16.0 |
| Vista Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 188 | 37.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Montrose County
- West End School District No. Re-2 260 students
- Montrose RE-1J 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.