About Estes Park School District R-3
Estes Park School District R-3 is a public school system serving Larimer County, Colorado, based in Estes Park. It serves 882 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #78 largest of Colorado’s 185 school systems.
Size and structure
Estes Park School District R-3 enrolls 882 students in 3 schools — an average of about 294 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #78 of 185 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Estes Park School District R-3, from the NCES Common Core of Data (882 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Estes Park School District R-3 employs about 69 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1 — below the Colorado average of about 16.2:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 162.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Colorado funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Estes Park School District R-3 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Colorado rates districts and schools through its District and School Performance Frameworks (DPF/SPF), measuring academic achievement, academic growth and postsecondary and workforce readiness, and assigns each a performance rating. Look up Estes Park School District R-3 on the state’s SchoolView frameworks.
Accreditation status
Colorado accredits its own public-school districts: the State Board of Education annually accredits each district from its performance-framework results, and districts in turn accredit their own schools (C.R.S. Title 22, Article 11). See the state’s district accreditation page.
Estes Park School District R-3 vs. Colorado
See every Colorado district side by side in the Colorado directory.
Look up Estes Park School District R-3’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):