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Enrollment
690
Middle
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000608
Fruita Middle School
1835 J RD, FRUITA, CO 81521 · (970) 254-6570 · Mesa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
17.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
270 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 231 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 253 | 37% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
38.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 26.6% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Fruita Middle School
Fruita Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruita Middle School this school | 690 | 39.1% | 34.7% |
| Webber Middle School FORT COLLINS | 728 | 34.9% | 53.3% |
| Westview Middle School LONGMONT | 621 | 36.1% | 50.5% |
| Oberon Middle School ARVADA | 704 | 28.3% | 49.3% |
| Lucile Erwin Middle School LOVELAND | 686 | 36.9% | 29.3% |
| Severance Middle School WINDSOR | 670 | 33.6% | 38.9% |
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 Fruita Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #110 of 241 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #99 of 244 ▲ 10 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #143 of 246 ▼ 18 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #60 of 278 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #166 of 227 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #203 of 227 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #154 of 246 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #28 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
690
+146 (+27%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 900
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 690 | 39.8 | 17.4:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 29.8 | 15.4:1 | 41% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 33.6 | 14.8:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 39.1 | 16.1:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 37% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 40% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 42% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 900 | 45 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fruita Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (630 to 690); teachers up 2% (39.1 to 39.8).
About Fruita Middle School
Students in FRUITA, Colorado, attend Fruita Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It enrolls 690 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 49% larger than the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
Fruita Middle School is run by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, whose 45 schools enroll 20,344 students.
At Fruita Middle School, 80% of students are White. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Mesa County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fruita Middle School scores 33%.
Its staff includes 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 39% of students at Fruita Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 53% for public schools in Mesa County.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Fruita Middle School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Fruita Middle School would be expected to post about 43.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mesa County show that median household income comes to about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 57, with about 22,232 students.
Fruita 8/9 School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; Fruita Middle School's is 34.7%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 544 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 690 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.5 to 17.4 over 4 years.
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Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Fruita 8/9 SchoolCombined · 591 students
Other schools in FRUITA
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Fruita 8/9 SchoolCombined · 591 students
- Shelledy Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Monument Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Rim Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Monument View Montessori Charter SchoolElementary · 38 students
Nearby schools
- Fruita 8/9 School0.0 mi · 591
- Fruita Monument High School0.3 mi · 1,427
- Rim Rock Elementary School0.8 mi · 292
- Monument Ridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 300
- Monument View Montessori Charter School1.6 mi · 38
- Shelledy Elementary School1.6 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Fruita Middle SchoolHow many students attend Fruita Middle School?
Fruita Middle School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fruita Middle School serve?
Fruita Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Fruita Middle School have?
Fruita Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Fruita Middle School?
Student demographics at Fruita Middle School are roughly 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fruita Middle School?
Fruita Middle School is overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 in Mesa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.