Durango Early Learning Center (2026-27 Profile)

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Durango Early Learning Center

890 East Third Ave Durango, CO 81301

Tel: (970) 259-1483

Quick Facts (2026-27)

School Type: Alternative School
Grades: Nursery/Preschool-3
Enrollment: 71 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Quick Facts (2026-27)

School Type: Alternative School
Grades: Nursery/Preschool-3
Enrollment: 71 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Facts

School Type

Alternative School

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Nursery/Preschool-3

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Durango Early Learning Center
Pre-K	46
Kind	12
1	7
2	4
3	2

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Student Body

Total Students

71 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

16%

State avg.: 25%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

4 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

18:1

National avg.:

Number of AP Courses

15 courses

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

Other associations(s) for exceptional children

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

School Notes

Durango Early Learning Center offers toddler and preschool early childhood development for 70 children in La Plata County.
Our value base derives from a strong respect for childhood and the recognition that children are natural explorers and experimenters, capable of constructing learning and knowledge.
We offer an environment, both within the school and larger community, that affords endless possibilities for creativity, imagination, representation and problem solving.
Our focus is to develop a strong sense of worth in every child that comes through the doors by promoting a belief in themselves as capable learners with valuable opinions and ideas.
"Durango Early Learning Center staff are to be commended for the completion of their first Quality Rating." The education philosophy at Durango Early Learning Center evolves from the social construction theories of Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner, Howard Gardner, Loris Malaguzzi and Carlina Rinaldi.
We have adapted the application of Piagetian ideas into the High/Scope Curriculum, which focuses on children learning how to think and solve problems through their active involvement in personally relevant experiences..

Durango Early Learning Center offers toddler and preschool early childhood development for 70 children in La Plata County. Our value base derives from a strong respect for childhood and the recognition that children are natural explorers and experimenters, capable of constructing learning and knowledge. We offer an environment, both within the school and larger community, that affords endless possibilities for creativity, imagination, representation and problem solving. Our focus is to develop a strong sense of worth in every child that comes through the doors by promoting a belief in themselves as capable learners with valuable opinions and ideas. "Durango Early Learning Center staff are to be commended for the completion of their first Quality Rating." The education philosophy at Durango Early Learning Center evolves from the social construction theories of Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner, Howard Gardner, Loris Malaguzzi and Carlina Rinaldi. We have adapted the application of Piagetian ideas into the High/Scope Curriculum, which focuses on children learning how to think and solve problems through their active involvement in personally relevant experiences.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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