Sanford Junior/Senior High School
SANFORD · CO · Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and · Public · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Centauri High School → Antonito High School → Alamosa High School → Byron Syring Delta Center → Monte Vista On-Line Academy → Monte Vista Senior High School → Centennial School → Sierra Grande K-12 School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Sanford Junior/Senior High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Centauri High School, Antonito High School, Alamosa High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Sanford Junior/Senior High School
Get an email when Sanford Junior/Senior High School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 37% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 166 students:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centauri High School LA JARA |
Public | 3.4 | 301 | -7.4% |
| Antonito High School ANTONITO |
Public | 13.6 | 58 | — |
| Alamosa High School ALAMOSA |
Public | 15.7 | 568 | -4.9% |
| Byron Syring Delta Center MONTE VISTA |
Public | 26.2 | 51 | -10.5% |
| Monte Vista On-Line Academy MONTE VISTA |
Public | 26.2 | 33 | — |
| Monte Vista Senior High School MONTE VISTA |
Public | 26.2 | 272 | +2.6% |
| Centennial School SAN LUIS |
Public | 26.9 | 62 | +24.0% |
| Sierra Grande K-12 School BLANCA |
Public | 27.6 | 87 | +19.2% |