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Best Public Schools in Kit Carson County, CO

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Schools

1,342

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedStratton Senior High School34^th of 338 Colorado high schools

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Biggest riser

Burlington Elementary School up 80 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Flagler Public School 11.1 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2026)	SAT Reading and Writing (2026)	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 (2025)	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	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	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	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Flagler Public School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	421 Julian	Flagler	80815	Kit Carson County	Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 765-4684	186	17	11.1	41.4%	167 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.2%)								(n/a)												43.5							21.7				$20,147
Bethune Public Schools	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	145 West 3rd	Bethune	80805	Kit Carson County	Bethune School District No. R- 5	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 346-7513	99	13	7.7	71.7%	46 (46.5%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (48.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.1%)								(n/a)												22.5							15.0				$29,058
Burlington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	450 11th Street	Burlington	80807	Kit Carson County	Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 346-8166	320	20	16.0	57.2%	169 (52.8%)	1 (0.3%)	144 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	33.4	586^th of 943 public elementary schools	37.9%		24.9	666^th of 950 public elementary schools	29.9%	80						28.8	35.7					32.4	50.0	17.9					33.3				$13,751
Burlington Middle School	Public	5-8	2600 Rose Avenue	Burlington	80807	Kit Carson County	Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 346-5440	206	13	15.8	65.0%	111 (53.9%)	4 (1.9%)	88 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	19	375^th of 469 public middle schools	20.0%		20.4	362^nd of 469 public middle schools	22.8%	13								22.4	20.0	19.1	26.3	21.8			6.1	7.5	10.6	31.6	13.2	8.0	27.0		$13,773
Burlington High School	Public	9-12	380 Mike Lounge Drive	Burlington	80807	Kit Carson County	Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j	No	No	No	No	(719) 346-8455	216	13	16.7	63.9%	99 (45.8%)	6 (2.8%)	103 (47.7%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	22.3	263^rd of 338 public high schools	22.2%		12.9	296^th of 328 public high schools	9.8%	33	56.0		55.0	22.0	32.0																	10.8	$18,259
High-Plains School District R-23	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	200 Iowa Ave	Seibert	80834	Kit Carson County	High-Plains R-23	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 664-2616	96	15	6.5	47.9%	76 (79.2%)	2 (2.1%)	15 (15.6%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)												25.0											$30,545
Stratton Middle School	Public	6-8	219 Illinois Avenue	Stratton	80836	Kit Carson County	School District No. R-4	No	No	No	No	(719) 348-5369	54	3	19.0	40.7%	40 (74.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)											37.5	32.6						31.3	21.7				$12,647
Stratton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6 Main	Stratton	80836	Kit Carson County	School District No. R-4	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 348-5521	101	8	12.8	42.6%	77 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (22.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							45.5					38.8		40.9					40.8				$16,028
Stratton Senior High School	Public	9-12	219 Illinois Avenue	Stratton	80836	Kit Carson County	School District No. R-4	No	No	No	No	(719) 348-5369	64	6	9.9	25.0%	51 (79.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	86.8	34^th of 338 public high schools	89.9%		89.4	31^st of 328 public high schools	90.5%	3	79.0	71.0																					$29,709

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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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