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If you could change one rule at Otho E Stuart Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
794
Middle
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258006420
Otho E Stuart Middle School
15955 EAST 101ST WAY, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 · (720) 685-5500 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
418 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 261 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 286 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 31% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
28.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 10.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Otho E Stuart Middle School
Otho E Stuart Middle School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otho E Stuart Middle School this school | 794 | 52.6% | 17.4% |
| Prairie View Middle School HENDERSON | 679 | 58.9% | 22.5% |
| Century Middle School THORNTON | 717 | 49.5% | 30.4% |
| Shadow Ridge Middle School THORNTON | 632 | 57.4% | 16.4% |
| Horizon Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 773 | 54.1% | 33.6% |
| Creighton Middle School LAKEWOOD | 741 | 54.3% | 32.1% |
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 Otho E Stuart Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #205 of 241 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #213 of 244 ▼ 4 | #12 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #189 of 246 ▲ 13 | #8 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #33 of 278 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #181 of 227 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #50 of 227 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #114 of 246 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #134 of 169 | #14 of 15 |
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
794
+55 (+7%) vs 2020
+45% since 2010-11, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 794 | 43.5 | 18.3:1 | 53% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 39.5 | 18.8:1 | 51% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 40.3 | 19.6:1 | 41% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 31% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 855 | 32.2 | 26.5:1 | 38% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 33% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 27 | 20.2:1 | 32% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otho E Stuart Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (855 to 794); teachers up 35% (32.2 to 43.5).
About Otho E Stuart Middle School
Otho E Stuart Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado. The school had 794 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Colorado) has about 462 students.
School District 27J, which runs Otho E Stuart Middle School, has 33 schools and 24,044 students.
By race and ethnicity, Otho E Stuart Middle School is 57% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 43% Hispanic among all Adams County residents. Otho E Stuart Middle School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 43.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.3:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Otho E Stuart Middle School is 34.8%. It actually posts 17.4%, which is 17.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
In the county around the school, Adams County, median household income is about $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 171 public schools operate in Adams County, serving about 87,938 students.
Nearest public school: Second Creek Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Otho E Stuart Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Otho E Stuart Middle School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 739 to 794.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in COMMERCE CITY
- Adams City High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Landmark Academy at ReunionElementary · 758 students
- Reunion Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Turnberry ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Second Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
- Southlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
Nearby schools
- Second Creek Elementary School0.3 mi · 697
- Landmark Academy at Reunion0.6 mi · 758
- Southlawn Elementary School1.3 mi · 673
- Reunion Elementary School1.4 mi · 742
- The STEAD School1.5 mi · 421
- Turnberry Elementary1.9 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Otho E Stuart Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Otho E Stuart Middle School?
Otho E Stuart Middle School enrolls approximately 794 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Otho E Stuart Middle School serve?
Otho E Stuart Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Otho E Stuart Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Otho E Stuart Middle School.
How diverse is Otho E Stuart Middle School?
Otho E Stuart Middle School reports a student body of 28% White, 57% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Otho E Stuart Middle School public or private?
Otho E Stuart Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School District 27J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.