Enrollment
253
Elementary
DISTRICT 210 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTE VISTA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. C-8·NCES 080576000985
Bill Metz Elementary School
545 SECOND, MONTE VISTA, CO 81144 · (719) 852-4041 · Rio Grande County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
192 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 66 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Bill Metz Elementary School→Monte Vista Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Monte Vista School District No. C-8. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 20.6% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Bill Metz Elementary School
Bill Metz Elementary School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Metz Elementary School this school | 253 | 75.9% | 24.4% |
| La Junta Primary School LA JUNTA | 296 | 76.4% | N/A |
| Highland Park Elementary School PUEBLO | 276 | 75.4% | 14.3% |
| Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Heights PUEBLO | 221 | 74.2% | 21.7% |
| Mountain View Elementary School LONGMONT | 321 | 76.6% | 21.1% |
| Slater Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 280 | 72.5% | 22.2% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 Bill Metz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #690 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #692 of 940 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #617 of 946 ▲ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #823 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #7 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #518 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #200 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #83 of 664 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
253
-127 (-33%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 253 | 25.1 | 10.1:1 | 76% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 25 | 10.6:1 | 75% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 27.3 | 9.9:1 | 70% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 74% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 30.9 | 12.1:1 | 77% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 79% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 65% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 40 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bill Metz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (375 to 253); teachers down 19% (30.9 to 25.1).
About Bill Metz Elementary School
Bill Metz Elementary School is a small elementary school in MONTE VISTA, Colorado, administered by Monte Vista School District No. C-8. It educates 253 students in grades 2 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Monte Vista School District No. C-8 counts 975 students in its 6 schools, and Bill Metz Elementary School is one of them.
Bill Metz Elementary School is 66% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 29% White and 2% Native American. County-wide, 41% of Rio Grande County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.1:1. That is 6.5 students per teacher below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 76%. The gap from the 62% average for public schools in Rio Grande County is 14 points.
The allk12 Grade for Bill Metz Elementary School is C+. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bill Metz Elementary School is 20.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Rio Grande County show that the median household income is $64,411, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Bill Metz Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Byron Syring Delta Center is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Bill Metz Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 28.1%, higher than Bill Metz Elementary School's 24.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 127 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
Discussions about Bill Metz Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rio Grande County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,321
Census ACS
Median income
$64,411
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monte Vista School District No. C-8
- Monte Vista Senior High SchoolHigh · 272 students
- Monte Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 190 students
- Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- Byron Syring Delta CenterHigh · 51 students
- Monte Vista On-Line AcademyHigh · 43 students
Other schools in MONTE VISTA
- Monte Vista Senior High SchoolHigh · 272 students
- Monte Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 190 students
- Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- Sargent Elementary SchoolElementary · 142 students
- Sargent Senior High SchoolHigh · 81 students
- SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 70 students
Nearby schools
- Byron Syring Delta Center0.2 mi · 51
- Monte Vista On-Line Academy0.2 mi · 43
- Monte Vista Senior High School0.3 mi · 272
- Marsh Elementary School0.7 mi · 166
- Monte Vista Middle School2.9 mi · 190
- SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL7.1 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Bill Metz Elementary SchoolHow large is Bill Metz Elementary School?
Bill Metz Elementary School enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 02-05.
Is Bill Metz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bill Metz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does Bill Metz Elementary School have?
Bill Metz Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bill Metz Elementary School?
At Bill Metz Elementary School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 66% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bill Metz Elementary School?
Bill Metz Elementary School is overseen by Monte Vista School District No. C-8 in Rio Grande County.
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