Enrollment
102
High
DISTRICT 96 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTIS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-3·NCES 080594001017
Otis Junior-Senior High School
518 DUNGAN, OTIS, CO 80743 · (970) 246-3486 · Washington County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
57 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Otis School District No. R-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
102
-14 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
% White
86%
was 86%
% Hispanic
11%
was 8%
% Black
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Otis Junior-Senior High School
Set in OTIS, Colorado, Otis Junior-Senior High School is a micro-enrollment secondary school, part of Otis School District No. R-3. It educates 102 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Otis Junior-Senior High School sits 84% smaller than that benchmark.
Otis School District No. R-3 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 192 students; Otis Junior-Senior High School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Otis Junior-Senior High School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Otis Junior-Senior High School records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Otis Junior-Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Otis Junior-Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 20.6%.
In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $67,167, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Washington County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 878 students), Otis Junior-Senior High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Otis Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, Otis Junior-Senior High School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 116 students in 2018 compared to 102 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,831
Census ACS
Median income
$67,167
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
878 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Otis School District No. R-3
- Otis Elementary SchoolElementary · 90 students
Other schools in OTIS
- Otis Elementary SchoolElementary · 90 students
- Lone Star Elementary SchoolElementary · 56 students
- Lone Star Undivided High SchoolHigh · 44 students
- Lone Star Middle SchoolMiddle · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Otis Elementary School0.0 mi · 90
- Akron Elementary School12.5 mi · 301
- Akron High School12.5 mi · 110
- YUMA PRESCHOOL12.6 mi · 41
- Yuma Middle School12.7 mi · 223
- Kenneth P Morris Elementary School12.7 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Otis Junior-Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Otis Junior-Senior High School?
Otis Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 102 students in grades 06-12.
Is Otis Junior-Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Otis Junior-Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Otis Junior-Senior High School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Otis Junior-Senior High School.
How diverse is Otis Junior-Senior High School?
Otis Junior-Senior High School reports a student body of 86% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Is Otis Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Otis Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Otis School District No. R-3.
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