Summary:
Trinidad School District 1 is home to one high school, Trinidad High School, which serves grades 9–12 in the town of Trinidad, Colorado, with 204 students enrolled and a student-teacher ratio of 14.1. As the only high school in Trinidad School District 1, school-level and district-level data are closely aligned for most reported metrics.
Trinidad High School has ranked in the bottom 13% of Colorado high schools for three consecutive years, landing at 294th out of 338 schools in 2025–26. Math proficiency is the most urgent concern: only 9% of 9th graders were proficient in math on the PSAT9 in 2025–26 compared to 40% statewide, and just 8% of 11th graders were proficient on the SAT in 2024–25 versus 32% statewide. Reading and writing scores are stronger but still below state averages, with 40% of 11th graders proficient on the SAT in 2025–26 compared to 60% statewide. Science showed notable improvement, jumping from 12% proficiency in 2024–25 to 22.9% in 2025–26, nearly matching the state average of 24.8%.
On a more positive note, the school's dropout rate of 0.8% is half the state average of 1.6%, and chronic absenteeism at 22.6% is below Colorado's 28.4%. However, the graduation rate of 80.8% trails the state rate of 85.6%, and about 67% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. The district itself ranks 91st out of 115 districts in Colorado. For parents, the picture is mixed: Trinidad High School offers small class sizes and keeps students in school, but the persistently low math scores and bottom-tier rankings suggest that families should pay close attention to academic support and intervention programs.
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