Ellicott Middle School

Located at 350 SOUTH ELLICOTT HIGHWAY, in ELLICOTT, Colorado, Ellicott Middle School is an intimate middle school that serves 230 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,009 students; Ellicott Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Ellicott Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Ellicott Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ellicott Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.4%.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Ellicott Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ellicott Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ellicott Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ellicott Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.4%.

Ellicott Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ellicott Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 225 students in 2018 to 230 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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