Glenwood Springs Middle School

Glenwood Springs Middle School is a 6-8 campus of compact scale in GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, enrolling 380 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, which oversees 14 schools and 5,839 students, Glenwood Springs Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenwood Springs Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 36% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Glenwood Springs Middle School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Garfield County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glenwood Springs Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 23.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Garfield County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,131 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Garfield County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), of which Glenwood Springs Middle School is one.

Two Rivers Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood Springs Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 422 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 36% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Glenwood Springs Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.