County / FIPS 08015
Chaffee County
Colorado
Chaffee County runs 12 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
12
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
1,013
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Chaffee County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$160.7M
Per resident
$8,249
Change since FY2021
+23%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $130M |
| 2022 | $121M |
| 2023 | $133M |
| 2024 | $149M |
| 2025 | $161M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Chaffee County ranks 1863rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Chaffee County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center | Salida |
Public schools in Chaffee County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avery/Parsons Elementary School | Buena Vista School District No. R-31 | Buena Vista | 435 |
| Buena Vista High School | Buena Vista School District No. R-31 | Buena Vista | 274 |
| Buena Vista Middle School | Buena Vista School District No. R-31 | Buena Vista | 222 |
| Crest Academy | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 58 |
| Longfellow Elementary School | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 455 |
| Salida High School | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 394 |
| Salida Middle School | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 315 |
| The Grove Bvsd'S Early Learning Program | Buena Vista School District No. R-31 | Buena Vista | 82 |
| Salida Early Childhood Center | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 71 |
| Salida Montessori Charter School | State Charter School Institute | Salida | 128 |
| Chaffee County High School | Buena Vista School District No. R-31 | Buena Vista | 19 |
| Horizons Exploratory Academy | Salida School District No. R-32 | Salida | 34 |