Miami/Yoder Elementary School

Miami/Yoder Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary campus in RUSH, Colorado, run under Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas. The school enrolls 173 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 3 schools in Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas (398 students total), Miami/Yoder Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Miami/Yoder Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Miami/Yoder Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.5%, the actual is 29.2%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Around the school, census data for El Paso County shows 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%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Miami/Yoder Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Miami-Yoder Middle/High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Miami/Yoder Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Miami/Yoder Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Miami/Yoder Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 143 (now 173). Class-load math has grew: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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