Original Research by School Decision on Julesburg High School
Julesburg High School is a regular public school serving grades seven through twelve in the small northeastern Colorado town of Julesburg, the county seat of Sedgwick County. It is part of the Julesburg School District No. Re1. The school sits within a town that, by publicly available accounts, functions as a highway stop and local service center for the surrounding agricultural region, with a mix of residential and commercial development and a modest set of civic amenities including a swimming pool, tennis court, golf course, and the Depot Museum. The town’s population has been in a gradual long-term decline, with an aging demographic profile, and no major new housing or growth projects surfaced in available public records.
The student body is small for a combined middle and high school, and it reflects the demographics of the surrounding community. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that many families face economic pressures. Racially and ethnically, the student population is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic presence and very small shares of other groups. No data was available on the share of students with individualized education programs or English learner status.
When it comes to academic performance, the available state testing data for the most recent school year was suppressed due to very low participation rates. In both math and English language arts for grades three through eight, as well as eighth-grade science, so few students took the Colorado Measures of Academic Success that the results were not reported. For a school of this size, suppression is often a function of the small count of test-takers, but a parent may want to ask the school directly about its typical academic outcomes and how it measures student progress, especially since the data does not provide a clear picture. No graduation rate was available in the provided records, which is another gap a family would want to fill through direct inquiry with the school or district.
The comparison fact‑set that positioned this school relative to other districts in Sedgwick County was not applicable for proficiency, graduation rate, or chronic absenteeism, again because the necessary values were missing. The county contains only two districts, so the comparison set is very narrow, but without the underlying data there is little to say about how this school’s results stack up.
The housing market in the area is notably more affordable than the Colorado state benchmark, which may be a consideration for families relocating. Home values have experienced a modest recent decline locally, while the national and state trends have varied. The local economy is shaped by agriculture, highway‑related commerce, and public‑sector employment such as the school district, medical clinic, and county government.
No program offerings for Julesburg High School were included in the data, so there is no information about Advanced Placement, concurrent enrollment, career and technical education, or extracurricular activities. Similarly, the district brief turned up no recent policy, curriculum, or referendum changes of lasting impact. A family considering this school would need to reach out to the school or district to learn about course pathways, support services, and enrichment opportunities that are not captured in the public records reviewed here.
In sum, Julesburg High School is a small, rural combined middle and high school serving a community with an aging and gradually shrinking population. The academic picture from state testing is essentially invisible in the most recent year, and other key metrics such as graduation rate and program offerings were not available. Families who value a very small school setting in a quiet, low‑cost rural town would want to investigate further with the school itself to fill in the gaps that the available public data leaves open.
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