Craig Middle School

As a mid-sized junior high in CRAIG, Colorado, Craig Middle School instructs 419 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Moffat County School District RE: No. 1.

Moffat County School District RE: No. 1 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,821 students; Craig Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Craig Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Craig Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 26.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Moffat County) reports that median household income runs about $73,849, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Moffat County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,821 students), Craig Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Sandrock Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Craig Middle School. On composite proficiency, Craig Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Craig Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Craig Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.