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Schools in Placerville

Placerville’s public schools

Telluride School District R-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Placerville. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Colorado’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Colorado’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
66%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$24.3K
▲ 53% vs CO $15.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
CO 16.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
799 students on the public path
In brief

Placerville’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Placerville’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Colorado’s 1,665 public schools. Telluride High School places highest (better than 91%); Telluride Intermediate School lowest (63%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Placerville, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Telluride Elementary Schoolin TellurideNo scores
3–6Telluride Intermediate Schoolin TellurideB
7–8Telluride Middle Schoolin TellurideB+
9–12Telluride High Schoolin TellurideA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Telluride School District R-1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Telluride School District R-1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 799 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (CO 16.3)
$24,287CO $15,889 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading66%
State average 44.9% · 445 students tested
Math46%
State average 31.8% · 447 students tested

Placerville vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Colorado towns that share Placerville’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Placerville—Telluride School District R-1

Every school in Placerville

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Colorado’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Placervillein other towns
Telluride Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Telluride
140 students8:1Rate it →
Telluride Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Telluride
B
237 students14:1Rate it →
Telluride Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Telluride
B+
124 students13:1Rate it →
Telluride High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Telluride
A
298 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Placerville’s schools

Are Placerville’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Placerville. Telluride School District R-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Placerville. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Colorado’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Placerville in?

Telluride School District R-1.

Where do Placerville kids go to high school?

Telluride High School.

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What Placerville families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.