Limon School District No. Re 4J

Limon School District No. Re 4J is a small, highly rated rural district in Limon, Colorado, serving approximately 451 students across two schools: Limon Elementary School (grades K-5, 218 students) and Limon Junior-Senior High School (grades 6-12, 233 students), with no standalone middle school. The district ranks 25th out of 115 Colorado districts, placing it in the 78th percentile with a 4-star rating.

Limon Elementary School is clearly the district's academic engine. It ranks 277th out of 943 Colorado elementary schools (71st percentile, 4 stars), an improvement from a 3-star rating two years ago. English Language Arts proficiency is 64.8%, a remarkable 20-point advantage over the state average of 44.7%, with 4th graders posting an exceptional 80.6% proficiency rate. Math proficiency sits at 45.4%, above the state's 37.3%. The elementary school's chronic absenteeism rate is just 11.4%, far below the state's 28.4%, and a 13.8 student-teacher ratio ensures small class sizes. Nearly half of students qualify for free/reduced lunch (47.7%), yet the school continues to outperform.

Limon Junior-Senior High School is a graduation standout, with 92.6% of students graduating versus 85.6% statewide. However, its ranking slipped to 197th out of 338 Colorado high schools (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2025-2026, down from 3 stars in prior years. While ELA proficiency remains strong at 60.4% and science exceeds state averages at every grade level, math is a serious concern: 7th grade math proficiency is just 22.6% versus 32.9% statewide, and SAT math plunged to 12% compared to 32% statewide. Even more alarming, SAT Reading & Writing collapsed from 78% to 48% in a single year. Chronic absenteeism at 26.3% is more than double the elementary school's rate, a trend that may be contributing to the high school's academic declines.