Ouray School

What Ouray School does

Ouray School District R-1 is a public PK-12 school district headquartered at 400 7th Avenue in Ouray, Colorado, operating as a government state entity under Colorado law. The district provides free public education to local families spanning preschool through high school graduation, with no tuition or fees for core educational services. Revenue is derived from state funding, local property taxes, and federal grants rather than commercial sales, and the entity is governed by an elected Board of Education. The district's enrollment is geographically constrained to the Ouray catchment area.

The district's programmatic offering centers on a "whole learner" educational philosophy. Core programs include the Early Learning Center (preschool), K-12 instruction segmented into Elementary, Middle, and High School divisions, the Peak Experiences experiential travel and service-learning program available to all grade levels, the Portrait of a Learner character development framework, social-emotional learning via the Second Step curriculum, and bullying prevention through the Expect Respect program. College and career planning is delivered through the Xello platform to satisfy state ICAP requirements. Athletics, activities, and counseling services round out the offering. In 2025 the district was awarded "Accredited with Distinction" status by the Colorado Department of Education.

The technology stack is built on standard K-12 EdTech integrations: Schoology (LMS), Alma (SIS with separate PK/ES/MS/HS portals), Frontline/AESOP (absence management), AptaFund (financial management), Vector Solutions PD (staff professional development), Edlio (website and parent portal), Google Workspace, and library platforms (LibraryWorld, MackinVIA, Sora). A five-year Strategic Plan (2024-2029) focuses on staff attraction/retention, programmatic diversity, family-school-community partnerships, and capital planning for staff housing and learning spaces. Active hiring for the 2026-27 school year targets an Interim PK-8 Principal and a School Counselor.

Name

Ouray School

Legal name

Ouray School District R-1

Website

https://ouray.k12.co.us

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ouray School District R-1 is a public PK-12 school district in Ouray, Colorado, providing free public education to local families. It serves preschool through high school students via standard curriculum, Peak Experiences travel programming, SEL, and college/career planning, funded by state and local sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic/School-Readiness Preschools (EDACABAB), General Preschools (Play-Based) (EDACABAA)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Preschool programs
• Experiential learning programs
• College career planning
• Social emotional learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Ouray

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ouray School District R-1 operates a public PK-12 school in Ouray, Colorado, delivering tuition-free education from preschool through high school graduation. The district's core offering spans an Early Learning Center (preschool), Elementary, Middle, and High School divisions, supplemented by standalone programs including the Peak Experiences travel and service-learning program, Counseling Services (with ICAP-aligned college and career planning), Athletics & Activities, and Library Services. Instruction is supported by integrated third-party platforms for learning management, student information, college/career planning, social-emotional learning, and digital library access.

Product overview

Ouray School District R-1 is a public PK-12 school district located in Ouray, Colorado. The district offers a unified educational program spanning Early Learning Center (preschool) through high school graduation, with a mission focused on developing the whole learner. Key program components include the Peak Experiences travel and experiential learning program, Portrait of a Learner character development framework, comprehensive Library Services (integrating LibraryWorld, MackinVIA, and Sora platforms), Counseling Services with Xello college/career planning and ICAP compliance, and Social-Emotional Learning through Second Step. The district also provides Athletics & Activities and has adopted a five-year Strategic Plan. The school operates as Accredited with Distinction and is supported by integrated technology systems including Schoology LMS, Alma SIS, Frontline/AESOP absence management, AptaFund financial management, and Google Workspace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ouray School District R-1 (PK-12 Public Education) Tuition-free public PK-12 education delivered across Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and High School divisions at a single campus in Ouray, Colorado, for families residing in the Ouray area.
• Early Learning Center Preschool program for young learners forming the earliest stage of the district's PK-12 educational continuum, available to families in the Ouray, Colorado area.
• Peak Experiences Program Standalone experiential learning program available to all grade levels that takes students to the world and brings the world to students through travel, service learning, and exposure to diverse perspectives.
• Library Services School library program providing physical and digital resources to students through the LibraryWorld online catalog and integrations with MackinVIA (databases, eBooks, audiobooks) and Sora (digital reading).
• Counseling Services Comprehensive K-12 counseling program including Xello-based Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) for state compliance and postsecondary planning, mental health supports, and social-emotional learning aligned with the Portrait of a Learner framework.
• Athletics & Activities Sports programs and extracurricular activities offered to Ouray School students, with published schedules, staff rosters, and program documents maintained by the district.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students consistently score well on interim, state, and national assessments

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SchoologycoreTechnology or IntegrationLearning Management System (LMS) used by the school for course management, assignments, and student communication across all grade levels.
• AlmacoreTechnology or IntegrationStudent Information System (SIS) with separate portals for PK, ES, MS, and HS divisions to manage enrollment, grades, and student records.
• XellocoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline K-12 college and career planning platform used for ICAP requirements, portfolio tools, and scholarship database access.
• Second StepcoreTechnology or IntegrationSocial-emotional learning curriculum used in elementary classrooms covering skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, and problem solving.
• MackinVIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital resource platform providing access to databases, eBooks, and audio books for the school library.
• SoracoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital reading platform integrated with the school library for student eBooks and audiobooks.
• EdliocoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite platform powering the school's public website and parent portal.
• Ouray Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal public library partnership providing access to books and media for students.
• Ridgway Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNearby public library providing additional books and media resources for students.
• Montrose Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional public library partnership providing expanded access to books and online resources.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ridgway School District R-2: Adjacent rural mountain public K-12 district in Ridgway, Colorado, sharing the Ouray County region. Operates a similar small-district model with comparable funding structure (state/local/federal mix) and community-supported programming.
• Salida School District R-32: Small mountain public K-12 district in Salida, Colorado. Operates a similar small-district model with strong outdoor education orientation and community-supported programming in a rural mountain setting.
• Lake County School District: Small rural mountain public K-12 district based in Leadville, Colorado. Similar ultra-small scale, comparable funding constraints, and reliance on community partnerships to deliver programming breadth.
• Gunnison Watershed School District RE-1J: Small mountain public PK-12 district in Gunnison County, Colorado. Comparable rural-mountain enrollment, similar outdoor/experiential learning orientation, and parallel dependence on Colorado state funding formula.
• Aspen School District: Small mountain resort public PK-12 district in Aspen, Colorado. Similar experiential/outdoor learning emphasis, high staff-quality positioning, and reliance on property-tax-funded budgets in an expensive mountain community.
• Telluride School District R-1: Neighboring small mountain public PK-12 district in Telluride, Colorado, with a comparable resort-community enrollment base, similar accreditation posture, and parallel reliance on outdoor/experiential programming. Highly comparable in scale and operating model.
• Park County School District RE-2: Small rural public PK-12 district serving Park County (including South Park), Colorado. Comparable scale, mountain/rural demographic profile, and Colorado state funding structure.

Regional players

• Montrose County School District RE-1J: Larger regional public K-12 district serving Montrose County (immediately adjacent to Ouray). Comparable Colorado funding model and state accreditation framework, but operates at materially larger scale across multiple schools.
• Durango School District 9-R: Regional public K-12 district in Durango in southwest Colorado. Operates within the same Colorado funding framework with comparable outdoor/experiential learning emphasis, though at a much larger scale than Ouray.

Emerging players

• Crested Butte Community School: Small public K-12 school within the Gunnison Watershed RE-1J district serving the Crested Butte area. Comparable ultra-small mountain public school profile with experiential learning focus and similar resort-community constraints.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ourayschool
• Instagraminstagram.com/ourayschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ouray-school

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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