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How has Columbine Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
491
Middle
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1J·NCES 080579000989
Columbine Middle School
600 SOUTH 12TH STREET, MONTROSE, CO 81401 · (970) 249-2581 · Montrose County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
249 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 158 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
40.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 22.2% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Columbine Middle School
Columbine Middle School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Middle School this school | 491 | 50.7% | 30.3% |
| Bill Reed Middle School LOVELAND | 530 | 47.0% | 24.6% |
| Pagosa Springs Middle School PAGOSA SPRINGS | 484 | 54.8% | 38.0% |
| Craig Middle School CRAIG | 419 | 52.3% | 26.4% |
| Boltz Middle School FORT COLLINS | 551 | 49.2% | 38.8% |
| West Middle School GRAND JUNCTION | 468 | 52.1% | 33.0% |
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 Columbine Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #135 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #140 of 244 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #134 of 246 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #119 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #143 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #113 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #123 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #167 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
491
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 491 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 51% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 28.6 | 17.8:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 29.5 | 17.5:1 | 50% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 27.1 | 18.4:1 | 41% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 46% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 39% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 37% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (497 to 491); teachers up 9% (27.1 to 29.5).
About Columbine Middle School
Columbine Middle School is a public middle school in MONTROSE, Colorado. It had 491 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Columbine Middle School is one of 15 schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J, which enrolls 5,977 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Columbine Middle School is White: 62%. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points below the 78% share among Montrose County residents. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Columbine Middle School are from different groups.
Columbine Middle School lists 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Colorado is 15.9:1. About 51% of students at Columbine Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Columbine Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Colorado public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Columbine Middle School is 5.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 30.3%. Predicted: 36.0%.
In the surrounding county, Montrose County, median household income comes to about $72,120, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 19, with about 6,237 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Columbine Middle School from the closest public school, Vista Charter School. The five-mile area around Columbine Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Columbine Middle School's average proficiency of 30.3% compares with 30.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Columbine Middle School in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
The school grew from 472 students in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25.
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Montrose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$72,120
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Olathe Middle/High SchoolHigh · 499 students
- Olathe Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in MONTROSE
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Pomona Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Vista Charter School0.3 mi · 188
- Pomona Elementary School0.3 mi · 335
- Montrose High School0.6 mi · 1,279
- Centennial Middle School0.6 mi · 540
- Black Canyon High School0.7 mi · 100
- Outer Range0.8 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine Middle SchoolHow many students attend Columbine Middle School?
Columbine Middle School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-08.
Is Columbine Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbine Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Columbine Middle School have?
Columbine Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Columbine Middle School?
Columbine Middle School reports a student body of 62% White, 32% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Columbine Middle School in?
Columbine Middle School is part of Montrose County School District Re-1J.
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