Rocky Ford PK–12

Rocky Ford PK–12 is a comprehensive public school in Rocky Ford, Colorado. After the consolidation of the district's elementary schools with the junior/senior high school, Rocky Ford PK–12 is the only school in the Rocky Ford School District, a small rural school district which serves north central Otero County, including Rocky Ford and the unincorporated community of Hawley.

Rocky Ford PK–12
Location
101 Meloneer Drive Rocky Ford , Colorado 81067 United States
Coordinates	38°2′34″N 103°44′7″W
Information
School type	Public school
School district	Rocky Ford R-2
NCES District ID	0806270[1]
Superintendent	Kermit Snyder[2]
CEEB code	061235
NCES School ID	080627001104[3] 080627001101[4] 080627001103[5]
Elementary Principal	Patti Aldea[2]
Secondary Principal	Rita Robinson[2]
Teaching staff	53.59 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	P–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	616 (2023–24[1])
Student to teacher ratio	11.49[1]
Campus type	Rural, Distant[1]
Color(s)	Red and yellow
Athletics conference	Santa Fe
Mascot	Meloneer
Yearbook	Le Cantaloupe
Website	rockyfordk12.org

History

The first school in Rocky Ford was built in 1877.^[6]

In 2021, the Rocky Ford School District received a Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant worth $40 million for refurbishing the existing junior/senior high school building and building a PK–8 addition.^[7] The project was completed in 2024, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on October 24.^[8]

Enrollment

Before the consolidation of the district into a single school, the Rocky Ford School District operated three schools across the town. Washington Primary School, which served preschool through second grade, had 152 students in the 2023–24 school year.^[3] Jefferson Intermediate School, which served students in the third through sixth grades, had 199 students that year,^[4] and Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School, which served seventh through twelfth graders, had 265 students.^[5]

Extracurriculars

Athletics

The Meloneer, the school's mascot

Rocky Ford competes at the high school level in the Santa Fe league of the Colorado High School Activities Association. Their mascot is the meloneer, an anthropomorphic watermelon, and the school colors are red and yellow.^[9][10]