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
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Colorado public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 14 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 20% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 15.8% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Otis Junior-Senior High School
Otis Junior-Senior High School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Junior-Senior High School this school | 102 | 55.9% | 20.6% |
| Springfield Junior/Senior High School SPRINGFIELD | 128 | 58.6% | 20.1% |
| Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School CHEYENNE WELLS | 84 | 54.8% | N/A |
| Dove Creek High School DOVE CREEK | 138 | 60.1% | N/A |
| Simla High School SIMLA | 101 | 49.5% | 40.4% |
| Idalia Junior-Senior High School IDALIA | 79 | 59.5% | 51.3% |
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 Otis Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #160 of 231 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #37 of 54 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #36 of 57 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #326 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #129 of 320 |
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
102
-20 (-16%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 102 | 7.9 | 12.9:1 | 56% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 10.8 | 9.9:1 | 51% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 9.3 | 11.3:1 | 48% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 122 | 9 | 13.6:1 | 52% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 116 | 9.7 | 11.9:1 | 56% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 99 | 12 | 8.3:1 | 54% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | 9 | 10.1:1 | 35% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 93 | 10 | 9.3:1 | 35% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 83 | 9 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (116 to 102); teachers down 19% (9.7 to 7.9).
About Otis Junior-Senior High School
OTIS, Colorado, is home to Otis Junior-Senior High School, a very small high school. It reports enrollment of 102 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts enrollment 84% below the 627-student average for high schools in Colorado.
Otis Junior-Senior High School sits within Otis School District No. R-3, which has 2 schools and 192 students.
White students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic. Among Washington County residents, the White share is about 87%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
The school had 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 16.9:1 for high schools in Colorado. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 56%.
Among Colorado public high schools, Otis Junior-Senior High School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Otis Junior-Senior High School is -12.2 points: 20.6% actual, 32.8% predicted.
In the wider Washington County area, median household income comes to about $67,167, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Washington County counts 11 public schools with about 878 students.
Otis Junior-Senior High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Otis Elementary School, its nearest public school. Local comparison: Otis Junior-Senior High School ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 20.6% versus a 26.4% average.
Locale data from NCES put Otis Junior-Senior High School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 102, from 122 in 2020-21.
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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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