Enrollment
154
Middle
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELTA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT NO. 50·NCES 080333001334
Cedaredge Middle School
845 SE DEER CREEK DRIVE, CEDAREDGE, CO 81413 · (970) 856-3118 · Delta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL154 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 15.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
100 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 49 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 25.3% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Cedaredge Middle School
Cedaredge Middle School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedaredge Middle School this school | 154 | 64.9% | 32.6% |
| Dolores Middle School DOLORES | 166 | 57.2% | 29.7% |
| Fowler Junior High School FOWLER | 58 | 60.3% | 37.6% |
| Simla Junior High School SIMLA | 63 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| Custer Middle School WESTCLIFFE | 69 | 53.6% | 27.9% |
| Mancos Middle School MANCOS | 116 | 46.6% | N/A |
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 Cedaredge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #120 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #125 of 244 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #96 of 246 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 154 | #237 of 278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #75 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #43 of 169 |
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
154
-53 (-26%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 154 | 9.5 | 16.2:1 | 65% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 10.6 | 17.8:1 | 63% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 12.5 | 15.0:1 | 49% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 54% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 12.6 | 17.1:1 | 51% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | 52% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 46% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 15 | 16.6:1 | 40% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 11 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedaredge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (216 to 154); teachers down 25% (12.6 to 9.5).
About Cedaredge Middle School
Cedaredge Middle School, a small middle-grades school, is located in CEDAREDGE, Colorado. Enrolled students number 154 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 67% lower than the average for middle schools in Colorado, which is about 462.
Cedaredge Middle School is among 17 schools run by Delta County Joint District No. 50, which serves 4,591 students.
Most students at Cedaredge Middle School are White: 81% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Delta County is about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Cedaredge Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
Its teaching staff equals 9.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.2:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 65%. That rate is above the 56% average among public schools in Delta County.
Cedaredge Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cedaredge Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.6%) and its predicted rate (27.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
Within Delta County, median household income is about $57,774, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Delta County number 18 and enroll about 4,591.
The closest public school to Cedaredge Middle School is Cedaredge High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 33.4%, higher than Cedaredge Middle School's 32.6%.
Cedaredge Middle School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Cedaredge Middle School saw enrollment fall 26% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.3 to 16.2 over 4 years.
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Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,598
Census ACS
Median income
$57,774
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
Other schools in CEDAREDGE
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Cedaredge High SchoolHigh · 280 students
Nearby schools
- Cedaredge High School0.2 mi · 280
- Cedaredge Elementary School0.9 mi · 346
- Hotchkiss Elementary School12.7 mi · 297
- Garnet Mesa Elementary School12.9 mi · 488
- Grand Mesa Choice Academy13.0 mi · 68
- Vision Charter Academy13.1 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Cedaredge Middle SchoolHow large is Cedaredge Middle School?
Cedaredge Middle School enrolls approximately 154 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cedaredge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedaredge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Cedaredge Middle School have?
Cedaredge Middle School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Cedaredge Middle School?
Cedaredge Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedaredge Middle School?
Cedaredge Middle School is overseen by Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Delta County.
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