Olathe Middle/High School

Olathe Middle/High School is a senior high of compact scale in OLATHE, Colorado, operated by Montrose County School District Re-1J, enrolling 499 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Olathe Middle/High School sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

Montrose County School District Re-1J runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,977 students. Olathe Middle/High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Olathe Middle/High School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 46% White. By comparison, Montrose County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Olathe Middle/High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Olathe Middle/High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.1%, the actual is 18.3%, a residual of -11.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montrose County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,120 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montrose County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students), of which Olathe Middle/High School is one.

Olathe Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olathe Middle/High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 59%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Olathe Middle/High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.