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Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435001345
Mount Garfield Middle School
3475 FRONT STREET, CLIFTON, CO 81520 · (970) 254-4720 · Mesa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Colorado public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
391 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 189 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 34% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
20.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 17.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Mount Garfield Middle School
Mount Garfield Middle School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Garfield Middle School this school | 569 | 68.7% | 26.8% |
| Grand Mesa Middle School GRAND JUNCTION | 476 | 64.5% | 17.0% |
| Bookcliff Middle School GRAND JUNCTION | 525 | 72.6% | 18.0% |
| Liberty Point International School PUEBLO WEST | 417 | 60.9% | 25.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School FORT COLLINS | 552 | 66.7% | 32.3% |
| Montezuma-Cortez Middle School CORTEZ | 505 | 68.1% | 23.7% |
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 Mount Garfield Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #154 of 241 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #154 of 244 ▲ 12 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #155 of 246 ▼ 2 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #89 of 278 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #145 of 227 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #104 of 227 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #61 of 246 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #99 of 169 | N/A |
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
569
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 69% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 34.6 | 16.2:1 | 71% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 35.8 | 16.3:1 | 64% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 72% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 41.1 | 16.0:1 | 70% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 76% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 67% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 53% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 47 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Garfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (657 to 569); teachers down 17% (41.1 to 34).
About Mount Garfield Middle School
The public middle school Mount Garfield Middle School is located in CLIFTON, Colorado. It enrolls 569 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 23% more students than the average for middle schools in Colorado (about 462).
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 runs 45 schools with a combined 20,344 students. Mount Garfield Middle School is one of them.
The largest group at Mount Garfield Middle School is White students, at 59%. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Mesa County residents are White. The diversity index for Mount Garfield Middle School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Statewide, middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1. Income data for the school show 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Mesa County average 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mount Garfield Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Colorado public middle schools.
Mount Garfield Middle School scores 26.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mesa County show that median household income comes to about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mesa County counts 57 public schools with about 22,232 students.
Clifton Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mount Garfield Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Mount Garfield Middle School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mount Garfield Middle School had a net loss of 23 students, or 4%. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.8 to 16.7 over 4 years.
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Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Fruita Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in CLIFTON
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Clifton Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Clifton Elementary School2.0 mi · 346
- Palisade High School2.1 mi · 1,073
- Rocky Mountain Elementary School2.8 mi · 395
- Taylor Elementary School3.0 mi · 310
- Grand Mesa Middle School3.3 mi · 476
- Chatfield Elementary School3.4 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Garfield Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mount Garfield Middle School?
Mount Garfield Middle School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mount Garfield Middle School serve?
Mount Garfield Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mount Garfield Middle School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Mount Garfield Middle School.
How diverse is Mount Garfield Middle School?
Mount Garfield Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Garfield Middle School?
Mount Garfield Middle School is overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 in Mesa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.