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Buena Vista School Directory

Public Schools
District R31
113 North Court Street
PO Box 2027
Buena Vista, CO 81211
see website
Superintendents office or School District
(719) 395-7000
The Administration Office is open year round. It is located off of East Main Street, directly behind the Museum.

Buena Vista High School
Railroad/Marquette Streets
Buena Vista, CO 81211

(719) 395-7100
see website

Fax Machine: (719) 395-7106
The athletic office is open two weeks before school starts. The other offices open one week before school starts.

Chaffee County High School
613 East Main
Buena Vista, CO 81211

(719) 395-4064
see website

Fax Machine: (719) 395-8267
High school grades 9-12, students must be 16 or older prior to enrollment. Teacher to student ratio averages 1:13; all CCHS teachers have an earned Master's Degree or higher. CCHS provides an academic, individualized alternative education leading to fully accredited high school diploma. CCHS also offers extensive school-to career program. Office opens 8 days before school starts in the fall and closes 5 days after school is out in the spring.

McGinnis Middle School
Railroad/Marquette Streets
Buena Vista, CO 81211

719 395-7060
see website

Middle school is grades 6th-8th. The office is open two weeks before school starts.

Avery-Parsons Elementary
516 East Main Street
Buena Vista, CO 81211

719 395-7020
see website

Elementary is grades K-5th. The office is open two weeks before school starts.

Private Schools & Higher Learning


Darren Patterson Christian Academy
518 South San Juan
PO Box 1243
Buena Vista, CO 81211

719 395-6046
see website

Fax Machine: (719) 395-2055
Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Colorado Mountain College
27900 Cty. Rd. 319
PO Box 897
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8419
see website



Chaffee County is known as the "Home of the Fourteeners."
That means mountain peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation, not young teenagers.

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Special Programs

Head Start Pre-School
(719) 395-7029
• Special Education Program
• Title 1 Program
• Gifted & Talented Program
• Advanced Placement
• School to Career
• 6th Gr. Conservation Camp
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