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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 81302

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Schools

420

Students

Districts

Top rankedThe Juniper School331^st of 946 Colorado elementary schools

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The Juniper School up 25 spots statewide this year

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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)	SAT Mathematics (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	SAT Mathematics 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
Animas High School	Public, Charter	9-12	22 Osprey Way	Durango	81302	La Plata County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 247-2474	249	23	10.9	26.5%	200 (80.3%)	2 (0.8%)	33 (13.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	39.4	197^th of 340 public high schools	42.1%		40.1	196^th of 328 public high schools	40.2%	1	60.0	13.3	66.7	24.4	68.1	19.1																	47.1	$17,228
The Juniper School	Public, Charter	K-8	225 Sawyer Dr	Durango	81302	La Plata County	Durango School District No. 9-R	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 764-4185	171	12	14.4	38.6%	136 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (16.4%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	62.4	331^st of 946 public elementary schools	65.0%		60.1	356^th of 950 public elementary schools	62.5%	25							47.8	56.3	50.0				45.3	43.5	62.5	40.9				38.3	45.5			$13,921

Cities Near Zip Code 81302

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Durango	1.05 mi	14	66^th
Bayfield	16.05 mi	4	136^th
Hesperus	17.76 mi	1
Ignacio	18.57 mi	4	197^th
Mancos	22.89 mi	4	147^th

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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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