Enrollment
163
Middle
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEEKER SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1·NCES 080561000966
Barone Middle School
BOB TUCKER DRIVE, MEEKER, CO 81641 · (970) 878-9060 · Rio Blanco County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
50 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 50 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 39% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Barone Middle School→Meeker High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Meeker School District Re1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 44.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barone Middle School
Barone Middle School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barone Middle School this school | 163 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
| Buena Vista Middle School BUENA VISTA | 211 | 32.2% | 35.1% |
| Telluride Middle School TELLURIDE | 124 | 30.6% | 60.8% |
| Fitzsimmons Middle School BAILEY | 138 | 35.5% | 56.9% |
| Cache La Poudre Middle School LAPORTE | 280 | 31.8% | 52.3% |
| Hayden Middle School HAYDEN | 93 | 25.8% | 24.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #48 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #67 of 244 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #58 of 246 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #235 of 278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #188 of 246 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
163
+11 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 19.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 163 | 10.1 | 16.2:1 | 31% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 10.1 | 17.2:1 | 38% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 168 | 9.1 | 18.4:1 | 36% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 8 | 19.0:1 | 38% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 10 | 17.4:1 | 37% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 31% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 133 | 7 | 19.0:1 | 28% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 165 | 11 | 15.0:1 | 27% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 187 | 10 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barone Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (174 to 163); teachers up 1% (10 to 10.1).
About Barone Middle School
The public middle-grades school Barone Middle School is located in MEEKER, Colorado. It has an enrollment of 163 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
Meeker School District Re1 has a total of 3 schools and 672 students, Barone Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Barone Middle School is 81% White. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Barone Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 10.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.2:1. The average for middle schools in Colorado is about 15.9:1. Roughly 31% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rio Blanco County is 41%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Barone Middle School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Barone Middle School is 3.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 51.7%. Predicted: 48.1%.
In the wider Rio Blanco County area, the median household earns about $65,473 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Barone Middle School shares Rio Blanco County with 4 other public schools.
Meeker High School sits about 0.2 miles from Barone Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Barone Middle School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 152 in 2020-21 to 163 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Barone Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Rio Blanco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,544
Census ACS
Median income
$65,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,157 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meeker School District Re1
- Meeker Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Meeker High SchoolHigh · 224 students
Other schools in MEEKER
- Meeker Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Meeker High SchoolHigh · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Meeker High School0.2 mi · 224
- Meeker Elementary School0.3 mi · 285
- Maybell School34.2 mi · 11
- Wamsley Elementary School34.3 mi · 420
- Graham Mesa Elementary School35.1 mi · 424
- Cactus Valley Elementary School36.4 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Barone Middle SchoolHow many students attend Barone Middle School?
Barone Middle School enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 06-08.
Is Barone Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barone Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barone Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barone Middle School is approximately 16.2:1 (10 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Barone Middle School?
Barone Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Barone Middle School?
Barone Middle School is overseen by Meeker School District Re1 in Rio Blanco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.