Miami-Yoder Middle/High School

Located at 420 SOUTH RUSH ROAD, in RUSH, Colorado, Miami-Yoder Middle/High School is a rural-scale high school that enrolls 184 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Miami-Yoder Middle/High School sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 398 students; Miami-Yoder Middle/High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Miami-Yoder Middle/High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Miami-Yoder Middle/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Miami-Yoder Middle/High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Miami-Yoder Middle/High School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Miami Yoder Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Miami-Yoder Middle/High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miami-Yoder Middle/High School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.8%.

Miami-Yoder Middle/High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Miami-Yoder Middle/High School's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 160 (now 184). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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