Miller Middle School

As a low-enrollment intermediate school in DURANGO, Colorado, Miller Middle School caters to 360 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Durango School District No. 9-R. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

Miller Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by Durango School District No. 9-R, a district that caters to 5,089 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Miller Middle School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Miller Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the area at large, La Plata County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,056 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, La Plata County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,504 students), of which Miller Middle School is one.

Needham Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miller Middle School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miller Middle School has shrank 21%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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