Centennial Middle School

Centennial Middle School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in MONTROSE, Colorado, run under Montrose County School District Re-1J. Current enrollment sits at 540 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Montrose County School District Re-1J runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,977 students. Centennial Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Centennial Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 42% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Centennial Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Centennial Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Centennial Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montrose County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,120 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Montrose County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students), Centennial Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pomona Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centennial Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 614 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 47% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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