
Our
Western Slope Students
HIGH SCHOOL LOCATIONS MAP
Welcome to College Outreach. We are dedicated to serving the underrepresented students of the rural Western Slope of Colorado. The Western Slope is a unique geographic area stretching from the Continental Divide to the Utah border. The 32 counties we serve cover approximately 47,174 square miles, an area larger in size than the entire state of Pennsylvania. The Western Slope is much less densely populated than the eastern portion of Colorado with only a few towns having populations in excess of 5,000, and its largest city, Grand Junction in Mesa County, having a total population of nearly 60,000. The primary economic activities in the area are ranching, fruit growing, mining and tourism. The geography of the Western Slope ranges from the high mountain areas of Aspen, Crested Butte, Gunnison and Durango to the semi-arid canyon land surrounding Grand Junction to the high country sheep ranches of Meeker and Rangely.
Western Slope High School | City | State | Type | Designation |
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Animas High School | Durango | CO | Charter | Small rural |
Aspen High School | Aspen | CO | Public | Rural |
Basalt High School | Basalt | CO | Public | Rural |
Battle Mountain High School | Edwards | CO | Public | Rural |
Bayfield High School | Bayfield | CO | Public | Rural |
Bridges High School | Carbondale | CO | Public | Rural |
Buena Vista High School | Buena Vista | CO | Public | Small rural |
Caprock Academy | Grand Junction | CO | Private | Rural |
Cedaredge High School | Cedaredge | CO | Public | Rural |
Centauri High School | La Jara | CO | Public | Small rural |
Central High School | Grand Junction | CO | Public | Rural |
Coal Ridge High School | New Castle | CO | Public | Rural |
Colorado Rocky Mountain School | Carbondale | CO | Private | Rural |
Crested Butte Community School | Crested Butte | CO | Public | Rural |
Custer County High School | Westcliffe | CO | Public | Small rural |
De Beque High School | De Beque | CO | Public | Small rural |
Delta High School | Delta | CO | Public | Rural |
Dolores High School | Dolores | CO | Public | Rural |
Dove Creek High School | Dove Creek | CO | Public | Rural |
Durango Big Picture High School | Durango | CO | Public | Rural |
Durango High School | Durango | CO | Public | Rural |
Eagle Valley High School | Gypsum | CO | Public | Rural |
Fruita 8/9 School | Fruita | CO | Public | Rural |
Fruita Monument High School | Fruita | CO | Public | Suburb |
Glenwood Springs High School | Glenwood Springs | CO | Public | Rural |
Grand Junction High School | Grand Junction | CO | Public | Rural |
Grand River Academy | Grand Junction | CO | Public | Rural |
Grand Valley High School | Parachute | CO | Public | Rural |
Gunnison High School | Gunnison | CO | Public | Rural |
Hayden High School | Hayden | CO | Public | Small rural |
Ignacio High School | Ignacio | CO | Public | Small rural |
Lake City Community School | Lake City | CO | Public | Small rural |
Lake County High School | Leadville | CO | Public | Small rural |
Liberty Classical Academy | New Castle | CO | Private | Remote town |
Mancos High School | Mancos | CO | Public | Small rural |
Meeker High School | Meeker | CO | Public | Small rural |
Mesa Valley Community School | Grand Junction | CO | Public | City |
Middle Park High School | Granby | CO | Public | Rural |
Moffat County High School | Craig | CO | Public | Town |
Montezuma Cortez High School | Cortez | CO | Public | Rural |
Montrose High School | Montrose | CO | Public | Town |
North Fork High School | Hotchkiss | CO | Public | Rural |
North Park High School | Walden | CO | Public | Small rural |
Norwood High School | Norwood | CO | Public | Small rural |
Nucla High School | Nucla | CO | Public | Rural |
Olathe High School | Olathe | CO | Public | Rural |
Ouray High School | Ouray | CO | Public | Small rural |
Pagosa Springs High School | Pagosa Springs | CO | Public | Rural |
Palisade High School | Palisade | CO | Public | Suburb |
Peak to Peak Charter School | Lafayette | CO | Charter | Suburb |
Plateau Valley High School | Collbran | CO | Public | Rural |
R-5 High School | Grand Junction | CO | Alternative | City |
Rangely High School | Rangely | CO | Public | Rural |
Red Canyon High School | Edwards | CO | Alternative | Town |
Ridgway High School | Ridgway | CO | Public | Rural |
Rifle High School | Rifle | CO | Public | Town |
Roaring Fork High School | Carbondale | CO | Public | Town |
Salida High School | Salida | CO | Public | Rural |
Sanford High School | Sanford | CO | Public | Small rural |
Sangre de Cristo High School | Mosca | CO | Public | Rural |
Sargent High School | Monte Vista | CO | Public | Small rural |
Silverton High School | Silverton | CO | Public | Rural |
Snowy Peaks High School | Dillon | CO | Public | Rural |
Soroco High School | Oak Creek | CO | Public | Rural |
South Park High School | Fairplay | CO | Public | Small rural |
Southwest Open Charter School | Cortez | CO | Charter | Rural |
Steamboat Mountain School | Steamboat Springs | CO | Private | Remote town |
Steamboat Springs High School | Steamboat Springs | CO | Public | Town |
Summit High School | Breckinridge | CO | Public | Rural |
Telluride High School | Telluride | CO | Public | Rural |
Telluride Mountain School | Telluride | CO | Private | Remote rural |
The Peak School | Frisco | CO | Private | Town |
Two Rivers Community School | Glenwood Springs | CO | Charter | Town |
Vail Christian High School | Edwards | CO | Private | Rural |
Vail Mountain School | Vail | CO | Private | Town |
Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy | Minturn | CO | Alternative | Rural |
Vista Charter School | Montrose | CO | Charter | Town |
West Grand High School | Kremmling | CO | Public | Small town |
World Academy High School | Eagle | CO | Public | Town |
Yampa Valley High School | Steamboat Springs | CO | Alternative | Town |
Yampah Mountain High School | Glenwood Springs | CO | Alternative | Rural |
OUR PRIMARY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES




OUR COLLEGE FAIR
The students invited to the College Fair are as diverse as the Western Slope landscape. In 2010 the number of students attending public school in each of the 27 invited counties ranged from a total of 22,698 in Mesa County (Grand Junction area) to only 65 students in all of San Juan County (county population 699).
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In 2010, the schools of Western Slope educated the same number of students as are attending school in the Albuquerque, New Mexico school district but covers a geographic area that is over 260 times as large. Mesa County, the most populous county, has a total 6.82 students per square mile while Hinsdale County has only .09 students per square mile.
Of the 89,199 students in the 27 county area, 25,878 or 30 percent were Hispanic with the highest percentage of Hispanic students occurring in Lake County with 70.12 percent of its student population being Hispanic.
The Western Slope also has a strong Native American presence with 2,129 or 2.39 percent of its students being of Native American heritage. Montezuma County in the southwestern corner of the State had the highest percentage of Native American students with 20.59 percent of its student body being Native American. Neighboring La Plata County also had a significant percentage of Native Americans with 7.23 percent of its student body being Native American.
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The students’ interest in and commitment to the Colorado Western Slope College Fair is notable with many students traveling long distances to attend. Using just one example, those students coming from Mancos in Montezuma County have traveled 272 miles and six hours to reach the Fair.
82 HIGH SCHOOLS
37% FIRST GENERATION
3% INDIAN AMERICAN

13% SUPER GENERATION
23% HISPANIC OR LATINO
41% FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH