High Schools in Dolores County School District Re-2j

Summary:

The Dolores County School District Re-2j in Colorado is home to a single high school, Dove Creek High School. This school has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 119th and 140th out of 349 Colorado high schools. While the school's four-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, its dropout rate of 1.9% is lower than the state average.

Academically, Dove Creek High School has seen mixed results. In the 2024-2025 school year, its 11th-grade students scored 72% proficient or better in SAT Reading and Writing, outperforming the state average of 62%. However, the school's 10th-grade students scored only 28% proficient or better in PSAT10 Mathematics, which is lower than the state average of 36%. The school's 9th-grade students performed better, scoring 68% proficient or better in PSAT9 Reading and Writing, higher than the state average of 65%.

Dove Creek High School faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a relatively high percentage of students (56.69%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. This suggests the school serves a population with significant financial constraints, which may impact its resources and support systems. Despite these challenges, the school's small student-teacher ratio of 11.4 indicates the potential for more personalized attention and targeted interventions to improve academic outcomes.

District Detail

813 North Main Street
Dove Creek, CO 81324

(970) 677-2522

SchoolDigger Rank:
59^th of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 262

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading and Writing (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	Total
Dove Creek High School	Public	6-12	525 North Main Street	Dove Creek	81324	Dolores County	Dolores County School District Re-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 677-2237	138	12	11.9	60.1%	125 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	55.7	135^th of 328 public high schools	58.8%		55	140^th of 349 public high schools	59.9%	5	28.0	72.0	$22,005

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	14.4 mi	10	68^th
Dolores School District No. Re-4A	30.11 mi	4	64^th
West End School District No. Re-2	36.04 mi	3
State Charter School Institute	40.36 mi	52	50^th
Norwood School District No. R-2j	41.71 mi	1

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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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