Regular local school district · Rio Grande County
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 runs 2 public schools with 360 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 6.4 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 360
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 950 French Street, Del Norte, CO 81132
- Phone
- (719)657-4040
- County
- Rio Grande County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803300
- State district ID
- CO-2730
- Total staff (FTE)
- 74
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 90 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (382), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.5 million
- Total spending
- $7.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,657
- Salaries
- $3.4 million45.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.6%
- State: 31.5%
- Local: 50.9%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,657
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Del Norte Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 187 | 9.3 |
| Del Norte High Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 173 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rio Grande County
- Monte Vista School District No. C-8 975 students
- Sargent School District No. Re-33J 293 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.