Rim Country Middle School

Located at 304 S MEADOW ST, in PAYSON, Arizona, Rim Country Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school that works with 478 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Payson Unified District (4209).

Rim Country Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Payson Unified District (4209), a district that educates 2,144 students overall.

Demographically, Rim Country Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Gila County indicate median household income runs about $61,986, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gila County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,722 students), of which Rim Country Middle School is one.

Payson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 517 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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