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Aguilar School District RE-6
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 119 (2022-2023)
Schools: 2 (2022-2023)
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Aguilar School District RE-6 is a school district in Colorado (Las Animas County). During the 2023 school year, 119 students attended one of the district's two schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

Elections

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-104

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: August 29, 2025
  • General election date: November 4, 2025

Election system

School board members in Colorado are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S 22-30-104

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Colorado are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Colorado Statute Section 1-4-803(4) states, "A candidate for the office of school director shall not run as a candidate of any political party for that school directorship."

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S 22-30-104 and 1-4-803

Winning an election

The school board candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the general election is elected to office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 1-4-104

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms unless a school board passes a resolution to extend the terms to six years.

Any school district coterminous with a city and county (Denver Public Schools) have four-year board member terms. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only school district coterminous with a city and county.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Colorado school districts have staggered elections with as close to half of their board members as possible elected every two years to four-year terms. The board of education can extend or reduce for two years the terms of one or more board members as necessary to achieve staggered elections with as close to the same number of seats up for election as possible every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

Except for districts coterminous with a city and county (Denver as of 2022), school board members are elected at large by default. They can be elected from residence area restriction sub-districts or through a combination of at-large and residence area restriction sub-districts if the school district passes a resolution to change district representation. Regardless of whether the district elects some or all board members from certain residence areas (sub-districts), all voters vote in each school board race up for election. As of 2022, 73% of the school districts in the state elected their school board members at large, while 21% elected their members from sub-districts, and the remaining 6% elected their members through a combination of both.

School districts coterminous with a city and county must have a seven-member board of education with one member elected from each of five director districts and two members elected from the district at large. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only district coterminous with a city and county.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-109 and C.R.S. 22-31-131

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The school board candidate filing deadline is sixty-seven days before the election date.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

School board candidates can circulate their nomination petitions starting when the filling window opens ninety days before the election, which is 23 days before the filing deadline.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

Newly elected school board members are sworn into office no later than ten days after election results are certified.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-125

 


About the district

School board

The Aguilar School District RE-6 consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Tony Fatur
Natalie Grubelnik
Ashley Lisonbee
David Pagnotta
Kimberly Salapich

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Overlapping state house districts

Aguilar School District RE-6
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Colorado House of Representatives District 47Ty WinterRepublican Party 100% 4%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $870,000 $8,700 30%
Local: $654,000 $6,540 23%
State: $1,354,000 $13,540 47%
Total: $2,878,000 $28,780
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $2,546,000 $25,460
Total Current Expenditures: $2,520,000 $25,200
Instructional Expenditures: $1,249,000 $12,490 49%
Student and Staff Support: $103,000 $1,030 4%
Administration: $717,000 $7,170 28%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $451,000 $4,510 18%
Total Capital Outlay: $19,000 $190
Construction: $0 $0
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $6,000 $60

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 <=20 <50 PS <50
2018-2019 <=10 <=10 <=20
2017-2018 <=10 <=20 <=20
2016-2017 <=5 <=10 PS <=20
2015-2016 <=10 <=10 <=20
2014-2015 <=10 <=10 <=20
2013-2014 20-29 <=20 21-39
2012-2013 30-39 PS 21-39 21-39
2011-2012 20-29 21-39 PS 21-39
2010-2011 60-69 60-79 60-79

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 <=20 <=20 <50
2018-2019 20-29 20-29 21-39
2017-2018 11-19 <=20 21-39
2016-2017 6-9 <=10 PS <=20
2015-2016 11-19 <=10 21-39
2014-2015 <=10 <=10 <=20
2013-2014 40-49 21-39 40-59
2012-2013 40-49 PS 21-39 60-79
2011-2012 40-49 21-39 PS 40-59
2010-2011 80-89 >=80 >=80

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 >=50 PS PS
2018-2019 >=50 PS PS
2017-2018 >=50 PS PS
2016-2017 >=50 PS PS
2015-2016 >=50 PS PS
2014-2015 >=50 PS PS
2013-2014 >=50 PS PS
2012-2013 >=50 PS PS
2011-2012 >=50 PS >=50
2010-2011 21-39 <50 >=50

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 119 4.2
2021-2022 114 12.3
2020-2021 100 -21.0
2019-2020 121 4.1
2018-2019 116 -6.0
2017-2018 123 -0.8
2016-2017 124 0.0
2015-2016 124 -4.8
2014-2015 130 17.7
2013-2014 107 9.3
2012-2013 97 3.1
2011-2012 94 -19.1
2010-2011 112 -18.8
2009-2010 133 -1.5
2008-2009 135 -14.1
2007-2008 154 -4.5
2006-2007 161 -1.9
2005-2006 164 7.9
2004-2005 151 -12.6
2003-2004 170 6.5
2002-2003 159 -8.2
2001-2002 172 13.4
2000-2001 149 -14.8
1999-2000 171 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Aguilar School District RE-6 (%) Colorado K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.0 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.0 3.3
Black 0.0 4.6
Hispanic 38.7 35.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.3
Two or More Races 3.4 5.1
White 58.0 50.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Aguilar School District RE-6 had 11.24 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 10.59.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 1.08
Elementary: 5.15
Secondary: 5.01
Total: 11.24

Aguilar School District RE-6 employed 0.75 district administrators and 0.12 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 0.75
District Administrative Support: 2.75
School Administrators: 0.12
School Administrative Support: 0.00
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 4.75
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 0.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.50
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 0.06
Other Support Services: 3.75

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Aguilar School District RE-6 operates two schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Aguilar Elementary School65PK-5
Aguilar Junior-Senior High School546-12

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See also

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