The top reported proficiency rate is 36% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Campo School District No. Re-6
Campo School District No. Re-6 serves the town of Campo in southeastern Colorado's Baca County, a stretch of the High Plains near the Oklahoma and Kansas borders. The district itself is among the very smallest in the state. It runs two schools: Campo Elementary School and Campo Undivided High School, covering pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The total district enrollment is small enough that many schools in a medium-sized city would have more students in a single grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of students identifying as two or more races and a very small Hispanic population. Data on economic disadvantage, special education, and English learner status were not available from the sources consulted.
Academically, the picture is mixed and shaped by the district's tiny cohort size. On state assessments in grades three through eight, about a third of students scored proficient or above in English language arts. Math proficiency was lower, with well under a quarter of students meeting that bar. Science results for grades five and eight were suppressed by the state, a common occurrence when the number of test-takers is too small to report publicly without risking student identification. The overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places Campo slightly above the midpoint among Baca County's four districts. That comparison set is small, so the difference between the highest and lowest district is narrow.
The district spends a substantial sum per student, in the upper range among Baca County districts. For a district this size, per-pupil spending is often elevated because fixed costs are spread across a very small enrollment. Chronic absenteeism, reported for the district, is lower than that of any other Baca County district, falling in the top quartile. A graduation rate was not available in the data, which a parent may want to confirm directly with the school; the high school serves a full twelve-grade span, so the absence could reflect suppression rules tied to a small graduating class.
The district brief found little of lasting parent impact to report from recent sources, and no specific program offerings, strategic changes, or ballot measures surfaced. Campo's academic profile shows a very small rural district where a handful of students can shift the results meaningfully from year to year. Families considering the district will want to contact the school directly about the specific courses and extracurriculars available at the high school level, given that the data provide no detail on dual-credit, career, or advanced coursework. The housing context for the town itself was not available in the sources provided, so the reader should look to local listings and the broader Baca County market. This is a district that fits families seeking a very rural, small-scale setting where the school is a central community institution, and where the academic strengths in language arts relative to math are a reasonable conversation to have with the principal.
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