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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Redlands Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000205
Redlands Middle School
2200 BROADWAY, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81507 · (970) 254-7000 · Mesa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
160 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 218 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 30% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
62.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 52.6% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Redlands Middle School
Redlands Middle School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redlands Middle School this school | 632 | 25.3% | 58.1% |
| West Jefferson Middle School CONIFER | 499 | 22.0% | 53.7% |
| Oberon Middle School ARVADA | 704 | 28.3% | 49.3% |
| Windsor Middle School WINDSOR | 785 | 21.8% | 42.0% |
| Bell Middle School GOLDEN | 774 | 26.6% | 50.8% |
| Falcon Bluffs Middle School LITTLETON | 567 | 18.9% | 50.7% |
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 Redlands Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #28 of 241 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #21 of 244 ▲ 7 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #41 of 246 ▼ 3 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #74 of 278 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #160 of 227 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #214 of 227 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #209 of 246 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #23 of 55 | N/A |
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
632
+98 (+18%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 632 | 36.5 | 17.3:1 | 25% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 35.8 | 16.6:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 32.3 | 16.6:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 32% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 35.4 | 15.7:1 | 23% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 26% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 14% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redlands Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (556 to 632); teachers up 3% (35.4 to 36.5).
About Redlands Middle School
Redlands Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. A total of 632 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 37% higher.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 has a total of 45 schools and 20,344 students, Redlands Middle School among them.
Most students at Redlands Middle School are White: 84% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. Redlands Middle School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Redlands Middle School, 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.3:1. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 25% of enrollment. That is 28 points below the 53% average for public schools in Mesa County.
The allk12 Grade for Redlands Middle School is A. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Redlands Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.1%; the prediction is 51.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mesa County show that median household income is about $73,658, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Redlands Middle School is one of 57 public schools in Mesa County, which together enroll about 22,232 students.
Nearby, Broadway Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. Redlands Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.9% on proficiency, and Redlands Middle School is above that at 58.1%.
Redlands Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Redlands Middle School saw enrollment rise 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Fruita Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Fruita 8/9 SchoolCombined · 591 students
Other schools in GRAND JUNCTION
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Caprock AcademyCombined · 871 students
- Orchard Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Bookcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Independence AcademyElementary · 491 students
Nearby schools
- Broadway Elementary School0.5 mi · 300
- Wingate Elementary School1.9 mi · 363
- Scenic Elementary School1.9 mi · 243
- Mesa Valley Community School2.9 mi · 178
- Caprock Academy3.0 mi · 871
- Appleton Elementary School3.0 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Redlands Middle SchoolHow many students attend Redlands Middle School?
Redlands Middle School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Redlands Middle School serve?
Redlands Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Redlands Middle School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Redlands Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Redlands Middle School?
Student demographics at Redlands Middle School are roughly 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Redlands Middle School in?
Redlands Middle School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
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