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Alamosa Online

ALAMOSA · CO · Alamosa School District No. Re-11J · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 33% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Alamosa Online compares for families

What families should know about Alamosa Online.

  • LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alamosa High School, Sangre de Cristo Undivided High School, Sanford Junior/Senior High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 33% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
32
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
Essentially all eligible
Senior-heavy / specialty program — takers exceed grade 9-12 enrollment
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
103.4%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
30
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
52:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
0.6
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
13
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -31.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 29 students:

2025
20
2027
9
2029
4

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Alamosa High School
ALAMOSA
Public 0.8 568 -4.9%
Sangre de Cristo Undivided High School
MOSCA
Public 14.1 77 +26.2%
Sanford Junior/Senior High School
SANFORD
Public 15.0 106 +10.4%
Centauri High School
LA JARA
Public 16.3 301 -7.4%
Byron Syring Delta Center
MONTE VISTA
Public 16.3 51 -10.5%
Monte Vista On-Line Academy
MONTE VISTA
Public 16.3 33
Monte Vista Senior High School
MONTE VISTA
Public 16.4 272 +2.6%
Sargent Senior High School
MONTE VISTA
Public 18.6 81 -15.6%

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