35 Asian students enrolled in Morgan County schools during 2024-25 school year

Yazmin Navarro, Vice-chair - Colorado Department of Education
Yazmin Navarro, Vice-chair - Colorado Department of Education
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There were 35 Asian students enrolled in Morgan County in the 2024-25 school year, 12.9% more than the previous year, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Data showed that Morgan County welcomed 5,718 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Morgan County, Columbine Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of five students.

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.

Ethnicities in Morgan County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Morgan County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
School name % Asian Students Asian Student Enrollment Total Enrollment
Pioneer Elementary School 2.1% 5 243
Green Acres Elementary School 1.6% 5 320
Columbine Elementary School 1.2% 5 421
Weldon Valley Elementary School 0.8% 1 119
Wiggins Middle School 0.7% 1 134
Sherman Early Childhood Center 0.7% 3 409
Fort Morgan Middle School 0.7% 5 749
Brush Middle School 0.6% 2 328
Fort Morgan High School 0.5% 5 945
Brush High School 0.3% 1 351
Baker Elementary School 0.3% 1 321
Thomson Primary School 0.2% 1 452


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