Columbine Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in MONTROSE, Colorado, Columbine Middle School hosts 491 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Montrose County School District Re-1J.

Montrose County School District Re-1J comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 5,977 students; Columbine Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Columbine Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Columbine Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbine Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Montrose County shows median household earnings sit near $72,120, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Columbine Middle School is one of 19 public schools in Montrose County (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students).

Vista Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbine Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Columbine Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

Columbine Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Columbine Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 491). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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