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Best Public Schools in Chaffee County, CO

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At a glance

Schools

2,328

Students

Districts

Top rankedLongfellow Elementary School269^th of 943 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Avery/Parsons Elementary School up 65 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Buena Vista Middle School 10.9 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Salida Montessori Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1040 I Street	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 539-4887	186	14	13.4		154 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.8%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	38.1	538^th of 943 public elementary schools	42.9%		44.6	492^nd of 950 public elementary schools	48.2%	46	25.0	33.3		44.4		84.2	50.5	43.8			27.8		77.8	40.0		78.9	$13,108
Buena Vista High School	Public	9-12	559 Railroad	Buena Vista	81211	Chaffee County	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	No	No	No	No	(719) 395-7100	256	23	11.3	35.2%	202 (78.9%)	2 (0.8%)	40 (15.6%)	4 (1.6%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)								(n/a)																	$20,346
Buena Vista Middle School	Public	6-8	549 Railroad	Buena Vista	81211	Chaffee County	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	No	No	No	No	(719) 395-7060	211	19	10.9	32.2%	173 (82.0%)	1 (0.5%)	34 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	44	219^th of 469 public middle schools	53.3%		53.5	188^th of 469 public middle schools	59.9%	31				40.7	41.4	28.6	36.6				22.2	40.7	30.2	31.3		42.2	$17,212
Avery/Parsons Elementary School	Public	K-5	516 East Main Street	Buena Vista	81211	Chaffee County	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 395-7020	383	29	13.3	38.9%	302 (78.9%)	3 (0.8%)	59 (15.4%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	42.7	492^nd of 943 public elementary schools	47.8%		36.9	557^th of 950 public elementary schools	41.4%	65	36.1	34.8	55.6				42.1	36.1	27.3	28.1				30.4	50.0		$17,504
Chaffee County High School	Public	7-12	613 East Main Street	Buena Vista	81211	Chaffee County	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	No	No	No	No	(719) 395-4064	15	1	12.0	73.3%	8 (53.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)								(n/a)																	$26,065
Salida Middle School	Public	5-8	520 Milford Street	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	Salida School District No. R-32	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 530-5300	327	26	12.5	46.5%	248 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (18.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)								(n/a)					63.2		60.2					35.3		46.3			$15,490
Longfellow Elementary School	Public	K-4	425 West 7th Street	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	Salida School District No. R-32	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 530-5260	449	31	14.7	39.6%	376 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (13.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	69.4	269^th of 943 public elementary schools	71.5%		78.6	197^th of 950 public elementary schools	79.3%	72	42.0	67.4					55.0	42.0	65.2					53.9			$13,966
Salida High School	Public	9-12	26 Jones Avenue	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	Salida School District No. R-32	No	No	No	No	(719) 530-5400	409	26	15.5	29.1%	328 (80.2%)	5 (1.2%)	56 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)								(n/a)																	$14,455
Horizons Exploratory Academy	Public	9-12	310 E 9th Street	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	Salida School District No. R-32	No	No	No	No	(719) 530-5252	32	4	9.1	53.1%	28 (87.5%)	1 (3.1%)	1 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.3%)								(n/a)																	$18,702
Crest Academy	Public	5-8	220 12th Street	Salida	81201	Chaffee County	Salida School District No. R-32	No	No	No	No	(719) 539-2977	60	5	13.3	26.7%	56 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.0%)								(n/a)					75.0		78.9					81.3		77.2			$15,681

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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