Enrollment
66
Middle
DISTRICT 97 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELBERT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT C-2·NCES 080501001587
Kiowa Middle School
525 COMMANCHE ST, KIOWA, CO 80117 · (303) 621-2785 · Elbert County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL66 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
30 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 19 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 45% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Kiowa Middle School→Kiowa High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elbert County School District C-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Colorado average is about 45 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 14.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kiowa Middle School
Kiowa Middle School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiowa Middle School this school | 66 | 45.5% | 26.4% |
| Simla Junior High School SIMLA | 63 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| Mancos Middle School MANCOS | 116 | 46.6% | N/A |
| South Park Middle School FAIRPLAY | 87 | 42.5% | 39.7% |
| Stratton Middle School STRATTON | 54 | 40.7% | 26.0% |
| Custer Middle School WESTCLIFFE | 69 | 53.6% | 27.9% |
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 Kiowa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 66 | #262 of 278 |
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
66
+21 (+47%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 110
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 66 | 6.2 | 10.7:1 | 45% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 69 | 5.8 | 11.9:1 | 42% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 5 | 13.5:1 | 43% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 5 | 9.0:1 | 42% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 73 | 6.2 | 11.7:1 | 38% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 65 | 6 | 10.8:1 | 35% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 83 | 7 | 11.9:1 | 41% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 110 | 8 | 13.8:1 | 15% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiowa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (73 to 66); teachers unchanged (6.2 to 6.2).
About Kiowa Middle School
Kiowa Middle School is a very small middle-grades school found in KIOWA, Colorado. Enrollment stands at 66 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 86% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Colorado (about 462).
Elbert County School District C-2 has 292 students spread across 3 schools.
Of every 100 students at Kiowa Middle School, about 83 are White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic. Census estimates put Elbert County at about 85% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Kiowa Middle School has 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.7:1. Middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1, 5.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 45% at Kiowa Middle School. That rate is above the 32% average among public schools in Elbert County.
On the allk12 Grade, Kiowa Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Colorado public middle schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Kiowa Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.4% is 12.8 points below the 39.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Elbert County, median household income comes to about $132,685, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 3,265 students.
Kiowa Middle School's nearest public school is Kiowa Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Kiowa Middle School places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Kiowa Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21 the school reported 45 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 66. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 9.0:1 to 10.7:1.
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Elbert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,874
Census ACS
Median income
$132,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elbert County School District C-2
- Kiowa Elementary SchoolElementary · 159 students
- Kiowa High SchoolHigh · 67 students
Other schools in KIOWA
- Kiowa Elementary SchoolElementary · 159 students
- Kiowa High SchoolHigh · 67 students
Nearby schools
- Kiowa Elementary School0.1 mi · 159
- Kiowa High School0.1 mi · 67
- Running Creek Elementary School7.4 mi · 292
- Elizabeth Running Creek Preschool7.4 mi · 53
- Elizabeth High School7.9 mi · 668
- Elizabeth Middle School8.1 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Kiowa Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kiowa Middle School?
Kiowa Middle School enrolls approximately 66 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kiowa Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiowa Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kiowa Middle School have?
Kiowa Middle School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Kiowa Middle School?
Student demographics at Kiowa Middle School are roughly 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kiowa Middle School in?
Kiowa Middle School is part of Elbert County School District C-2.
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