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Las Animas Junior High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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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
1021 2 Nd Street
Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone
(719) 456-0228
District
Las Animas School District No. Re-1
County
BENT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
70
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.3% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Las Animas Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
17%
39%
17%
46%
No Data
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 20 10 0
14
26
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 35 50.0%
Grade 8 35 50.0%
Total 70 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 44.9% 34.4% 52.8%
Black 0.0% 2.1% 4.9%
Hispanic 50.7% 63.0% 37.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 0.1% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.9% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 67.1% 74.7% 44.2%
Free lunch eligible 62.9% 66.5% 38.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.3% 8.1% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,790 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5.7 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.9% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.0% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 41.0% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.0% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 17.2% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,557 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 79.2% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.5% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.4% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 4.8% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.9% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.1% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.7% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 23.4% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 17.9% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,491 $5,249,000 38.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $472 $451,000 3.3%
Staff $1,952 $1,866,000 13.8%
General Administration $499 $477,000 3.5%
School Administration $986 $943,000 7.0%
Operation $1,474 $1,409,000 10.4%
Transportation $197 $188,000 1.4%
Other $1,344 $1,285,000 9.5%
Total Support $6,924 $6,619,000 49.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,647,000 12.2%
Total Expenditures $14,137 $13,515,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,295 $6,314,971,000 43.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $982 $850,487,000 5.8%
Staff $763 $660,846,000 4.5%
General Administration $255 $220,670,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,021 $883,486,000 6.0%
Operation $1,308 $1,132,259,000 7.7%
Transportation $386 $334,413,000 2.3%
Other $1,045 $904,664,000 6.2%
Total Support $5,761 $4,986,825,000 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,829 $3,314,493,000 22.7%
Total Expenditures $16,885 $14,616,289,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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