Gypsum Creek Middle School

Gypsum Creek Middle School operates as a low-enrollment junior high in GYPSUM, Colorado, run under Eagle County School District No. Re 50. Current enrollment sits at 317 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Across the 21 schools in Eagle County School District No. Re 50 (6,312 students total), Gypsum Creek Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Gypsum Creek Middle School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 21% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gypsum Creek Middle School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Eagle County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gypsum Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 22.7%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Eagle County shows median household earnings sit near $104,096, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Eagle County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,148 students), Gypsum Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Red Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gypsum Creek Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Gypsum Creek Middle School's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 317). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 29% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.