Enrollment
230
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELLICOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT 22·NCES 080375001735
Ellicott Middle School
350 SOUTH ELLICOTT HIGHWAY, ELLICOTT, CO 80808 · (719) 683-2700 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Colorado public middle schools
- CTest 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
12.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
134 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 85 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ellicott Middle School→Ellicott Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ellicott School District 22. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +18.1pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 6.8% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Ellicott Middle School
Ellicott Middle School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott Middle School this school | 230 | 58.3% | 25.4% |
| Grand Valley Middle School PARACHUTE | 264 | 63.6% | 14.8% |
| Burlington Middle School BURLINGTON | 206 | 65.0% | 20.0% |
| Platte Valley Middle School KERSEY | 255 | 51.8% | 32.2% |
| Vineland Middle School PUEBLO | 362 | 62.7% | 26.8% |
| Centauri Middle School LA JARA | 211 | 64.5% | 38.3% |
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 Ellicott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #160 of 241 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #182 of 244 ▲ 40 | #26 of 33 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #120 of 246 ▲ 75 | #20 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #218 of 278 | #32 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #14 of 227 | #3 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #49 of 227 | #19 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #95 of 246 | #11 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #49 of 55 | N/A |
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
230
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 58% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 16.9 | 12.1:1 | 65% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 15.5 | 13.1:1 | 61% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 15 | 14.9:1 | 62% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 14.2 | 15.8:1 | 63% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 75% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 12 | 18.0:1 | 65% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellicott Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (225 to 230); teachers up 34% (14.2 to 19).
About Ellicott Middle School
Ellicott Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in ELLICOTT, Colorado, administered by Ellicott School District 22. It reports enrollment of 230 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Colorado enroll around 462, and this school is 50% below that mark.
Ellicott Middle School falls under Ellicott School District 22, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,009 students.
No group is above 50% at Ellicott Middle School; the largest is White, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of El Paso County, the White share is about 70%. The diversity index for Ellicott Middle School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Federal data show 58% of students (134) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
On the allk12 Grade, Ellicott Middle School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Colorado public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ellicott Middle School is 31.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.4%.
The school is in El Paso County, where median household income comes to about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. El Paso County's 245 public schools enroll about 114,356 students and include Ellicott Middle School.
Ellicott Elementary School is the nearest public school to Ellicott Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Nearby schools with test data average 31.4% proficiency; Ellicott Middle School posts 25.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 230, up from 223 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Ellicott Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ellicott School District 22
- Ellicott Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Ellicott Senior High SchoolHigh · 259 students
Other schools in ELLICOTT
- Ellicott Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Ellicott Senior High SchoolHigh · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Ellicott Elementary School0.1 mi · 520
- Ellicott Senior High School0.1 mi · 259
- Falcon Elementary School of Technology13.6 mi · 318
- Grand Mountain School13.9 mi · 1,044
- Patriot High School13.9 mi · 115
- Liberty Tree Academy14.2 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Ellicott Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ellicott Middle School?
Ellicott Middle School enrolls approximately 230 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ellicott Middle School serve?
Ellicott Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ellicott Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ellicott Middle School is approximately 12.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ellicott Middle School?
Student demographics at Ellicott Middle School are roughly 47% White, 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ellicott Middle School in?
Ellicott Middle School is part of Ellicott School District 22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.