Southwest Open Charter School
Charter · Grades 9–12 · 131 students
Montezuma-Cortez High School
418 South Sligo Street, Cortez, CO 81321
Grades
9–12
High
Students
598
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
21 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
Montezuma County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 303 Colorado high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Colorado high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Montezuma-Cortez High School
Montezuma-Cortez High School is a public high school in Cortez, Colorado, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1. The school is located in a remote town in Montezuma County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 598 students were enrolled, with about 21 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Colorado high school (15.6 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 303 Colorado high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 598 students
- Students per teacher
- 21 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 3
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Remote
- School district
- Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
- County
- Montezuma County
- NCES school ID
- 080309000840
Schools near Montezuma-Cortez High School
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Mancos High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 142 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.