Monte Vista Middle School

Monte Vista Middle School is an intimate middle-grades school in MONTE VISTA, Colorado, part of Monte Vista School District No. C-8. The school instructs 190 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 59% leaner than typical.

Monte Vista School District No. C-8 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 975 students. Monte Vista Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Monte Vista Middle School shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 20% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Rio Grande County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monte Vista Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 17.1%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Rio Grande County put median household earnings sit near $64,411, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Rio Grande County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), Monte Vista Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Marsh Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monte Vista Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.5%.

Monte Vista Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 190 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.