How many white students were enrolled in Logan County schools during 2024-25 school year?

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Yazmin Navarro, Vice-chair
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There were 1,906 white students enrolled in Logan County in the 2024-25 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Data showed that Logan County welcomed 2,651 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 71.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Logan County, Sterling High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 270 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 Logan County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Logan County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
School name % white Students White Student Enrollment Total Enrollment
Peetz Elementary School 96.5% 110 114
Fleming Elementary School 92.4% 121 131
Fleming High School 91.2% 83 91
Merino Elementary School 89.9% 143 159
Merino Junior Senior High School 86.5% 134 155
Peetz Junior-Senior High School 85.7% 78 91
Caliche Junior-Senior High School 78.8% 82 104
Caliche Elementary School 75.5% 105 139
Sterling Middle School 65.5% 260 397
Sterling High School 64.1% 270 421
Ayres Elementary School 63.1% 243 385
Campbell Elementary School 61.4% 213 347
Hagen Early Education Center 54.7% 64 117


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