Located at an altitude of 8,852 feet in the southwest mountains of Colorado, the Creede School District serves a small community. Silver mining as the industry that created Creede and, consequently, the high school mascot became the Miner. Several one-room school houses were scattered in the surrounding mountains at the turn of the century. Over time, they banded together to form one consolidated district. Class sizes have remained small providing a quality education for all of its students. Today, the Creede School District stands among the highest performing districts in the region on state academic assessments.