Summary:
The La Veta School District Re-2 in Colorado is home to a single high school, La Veta Junior-Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, with declining academic performance and a drop in its overall ranking and rating.
Academically, La Veta Junior-Senior High School's 9th-grade students perform on par with the state average in PSAT9 Reading and Writing, but lag behind in PSAT9 Mathematics, with only 35% of students proficient or better compared to the state average of 46%. The school's ranking has dropped from 112 out of 388 Colorado high schools in 2017-2018 to 186 out of 349 in the 2022-2023 school year, and its rating has declined from 4 stars to 2 stars over the same period.
Demographically, the school's student population is predominantly White (95.87%), with small percentages of Hispanic (2.48%) and Native American (1.65%) students. Additionally, a significant portion of the student body (40.5%) is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic need. However, the school's student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9 is lower than the state average, suggesting smaller class sizes that could be leveraged to improve student outcomes.
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