Homestake Peak School recorded 29 fewer students enrolled in 2024-25 school year than previous school year

There were 421 students enrolled in Homestake Peak School during the 2024-25 school year, 6.4% less than the previous year's 450 students welcomed, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Among the student body, 51.1% were girls and 48.9% were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic or Latino (296), representing 70.3% of the Homestake Peak School total enrollment. White students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 110 students (26.1%).

The grade level with the highest enrollment was seventh grade, with 87 students enrolled that year, accounting for 20.7% of the total student body.

The school is located in Eagle County School District No. RE 50, and has a central office in Avon.

In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 school year.

Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.

The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.

Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.

School	Total Enrollment
Eagle Valley High School	981
Battle Mountain High School	916
Homestake Peak School	421
Gypsum Elementary School	395
Eagle County Charter Academy	360
Eagle Valley Elementary School	350
Brush Creek Elementary School	341
Eagle Valley Middle School	340
Red Hill Elementary School	336
Gypsum Creek Middle School	317
Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (VSSA)	278
Edwards Elementary School	269
Red Sandstone Elementary School	247
Avon Elementary School	242
Berry Creek Middle School	212
Red Canyon High School	157
Edwards Early Learning Center	80
World Academy	53