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Basalt High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
600 Southside Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
Phone
(970) 384-5959
District
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
County
PITKIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
417
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

6

(10 is best)

Better than 58.1% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Basalt High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
52%
40%
52%
46%
No Data
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 103 24.7%
Grade 10 107 25.7%
Grade 11 118 28.3%
Grade 12 89 21.3%
Total 417 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.7% 40.9% 53.6%
Black 0.0% 0.3% 4.9%
Hispanic 64.3% 57.9% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.5% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.7% 50.9% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 37.2% 38.6% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.6% 12.3% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,741 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 35.5 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 17.2% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,696 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.6% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.2% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.1% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.0% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.7% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.3% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.6% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 6.4% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,918 $46,250,000 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,128 $6,591,000 7.5%
Staff $490 $2,865,000 3.3%
General Administration $160 $936,000 1.1%
School Administration $918 $5,364,000 6.1%
Operation $1,417 $8,276,000 9.4%
Transportation $379 $2,216,000 2.5%
Other $636 $3,713,000 4.2%
Total Support $5,129 $29,961,000 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,994 $11,646,000 13.3%
Total Expenditures $15,041 $87,857,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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