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Enrollment
499
High
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1J·NCES 080579000998
Olathe Middle/High School
410 HIGHWAY 50 BUSINESS LOOP, OLATHE, CO 81425 · (970) 252-7950 · Montrose County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Colorado public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
301 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 63 | 13% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
25.5%
CO avg 44.9%
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Colorado average is about 45 of 100.
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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Olathe Middle/High School
Olathe Middle/High School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olathe Middle/High School this school | 499 | 60.3% | 18.3% |
| Grand Valley High School PARACHUTE | 293 | 60.8% | 12.3% |
| Brush High School BRUSH | 350 | 54.9% | N/A |
| Ellicott Senior High School ELLICOTT | 259 | 60.2% | 15.7% |
| Valley High School GILCREST | 483 | 61.1% | 21.6% |
| Holyoke Senior High School HOLYOKE | 212 | 59.0% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Olathe Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #171 of 231 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #42 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #165 of 409 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #37 of 250 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #78 of 250 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #116 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.9% | #11 of 108 |
Ranked against other public high 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
499
+228 (+84%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 499 | 36.7 | 13.6:1 | 60% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 64% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 32.7 | 15.8:1 | 57% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 54% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 44% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 43% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 20 | 19.0:1 | 58% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 36% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 16 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olathe Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (314 to 499); teachers up 83% (20 to 36.7).
About Olathe Middle/High School
Federal records list Olathe Middle/High School as a high school in OLATHE, Colorado. The school's 499 students are in grades 6 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Colorado average about 627 students each.
The district, Montrose County School District Re-1J, has 5,977 students enrolled across 15 schools.
Olathe Middle/High School is 50% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 46% White. In Montrose County overall, about 22% of residents are Hispanic. Olathe Middle/High School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Olathe Middle/High School is 36.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.6:1. That is lower than the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. The school counts 301 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 60%.
Olathe Middle/High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Colorado public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Olathe Middle/High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.3%, compared with a predicted 30.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Montrose County has these Census figures: the median household income is $72,120, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montrose County is home to 19 public schools and about 6,237 public school students.
The closest other public school is Olathe Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within ten miles are 6 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 18.3% is below the 29.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Olathe Middle/High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 271 students at Olathe Middle/High School; in 2024-25, 499. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 13.6:1 over the same years.
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Montrose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$72,120
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Olathe Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe Elementary School0.4 mi · 424
- Delta High School9.3 mi · 626
- Grand Mesa Choice Academy9.6 mi · 68
- Lincoln Elementary School9.8 mi · 371
- Peak Virtual Academy9.9 mi · 262
- Northside Elementary School9.9 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Olathe Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Olathe Middle/High School?
Olathe Middle/High School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 06-12.
Is Olathe Middle/High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olathe Middle/High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Olathe Middle/High School have?
Olathe Middle/High School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Olathe Middle/High School?
Student demographics at Olathe Middle/High School are roughly 46% White, 50% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Olathe Middle/High School?
Olathe Middle/High School is overseen by Montrose County School District Re-1J in Montrose County.
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