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Alumni: what's one memory from Glenwood Springs Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
380
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROARING FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080426000587
Glenwood Springs Middle School
120 SOCCERFIELD ROAD, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601 · (970) 384-5500 · Garfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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
14.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
223 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 127 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 37% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Based on grade levels within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.7% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 15.4% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Glenwood Springs Middle School
Glenwood Springs Middle School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Springs Middle School this school | 380 | 58.7% | 23.8% |
| Basalt Middle School BASALT | 367 | 55.6% | 27.5% |
| Weld Central Middle School KEENESBURG | 403 | 58.3% | 17.7% |
| Rifle Middle School RIFLE | 552 | 56.9% | 20.9% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School LONGMONT | 435 | 59.8% | 29.8% |
| Pleasant View Middle School PUEBLO | 348 | 55.5% | 29.9% |
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 Glenwood Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #165 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #156 of 244 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #164 of 246 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #165 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #56 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #128 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #92 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #118 of 169 |
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
380
-89 (-19%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 380 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 59% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 61% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 28.1 | 14.5:1 | 40% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 29.1 | 14.5:1 | 51% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 40% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 43% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 17% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 14 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (422 to 380); teachers down 7% (29.1 to 27).
About Glenwood Springs Middle School
Families in GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, are served by Glenwood Springs Middle School, a low-enrollment middle school. It serves 380 students in grades 6 through 8.
Glenwood Springs Middle School is among 14 schools run by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, which serves 5,839 students.
At Glenwood Springs Middle School, Hispanic students make up 62% of the student body. The next largest groups are 36% White. In Garfield County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.1:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Garfield County, the school's rate is higher.
Glenwood Springs Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Glenwood Springs Middle School scores 23.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.1%.
Federal survey data for Garfield County show that the median household income is $91,131, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 29 public schools in Garfield County, enrolling about 10,790 students in all.
The closest public school to Glenwood Springs Middle School is Two Rivers Community School, about 0.4 miles away. Glenwood Springs Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Glenwood Springs Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Glenwood Springs Middle School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
2024-25 enrollment was 380, a 19% decrease from 469 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Glenwood Springs Middle School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Basalt Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Roaring Fork High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Basalt High SchoolHigh · 414 students
Other schools in GLENWOOD SPRINGS
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Sopris Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Two Rivers Community SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Yampah Mountain SchoolHigh · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Two Rivers Community School0.4 mi · 390
- Yampah Mountain School1.7 mi · 181
- Glenwood Springs Elementary School2.1 mi · 452
- Glenwood Springs High School2.5 mi · 1,032
- Sopris Elementary School4.4 mi · 392
- Riverview School6.4 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Springs Middle SchoolHow many students attend Glenwood Springs Middle School?
Glenwood Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades 06-08.
Is Glenwood Springs Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glenwood Springs Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Glenwood Springs Middle School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Glenwood Springs Middle School.
How diverse is Glenwood Springs Middle School?
Glenwood Springs Middle School reports a student body of 36% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Glenwood Springs Middle School public or private?
Glenwood Springs Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.