Salida Middle School
Public · Grades 5–8 · 327 students
Horizons Exploratory Academy
310 E 9th Street, Salida, CO 81201
Grades
9–12
High
Students
32
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.1 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Salida School District No. R-32
Chaffee County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Horizons Exploratory Academy
Horizons Exploratory Academy is an alternative high school in Salida, Colorado, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Salida School District No. R-32. The school is located in a remote town in Chaffee County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 32 students were enrolled, with about 9.1 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Colorado high school (15.6 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 32 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.1 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Remote
- School district
- Salida School District No. R-32
- County
- Chaffee County
- NCES school ID
- 080633006413
Schools near Horizons Exploratory Academy
All 7 schools in Salida →
Salida High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 409 students
Salida Early Childhood Center
Public · Grades Pre-K · 74 students
Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School
Public · Grades 6–12 · 77 students
Buena Vista High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 256 students
Chaffee County High School
Alternative · Grades 7–12 · 15 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.