Ridgway Middle School

Ridgway Middle School is a 6-8 campus of rural-scale scale in RIDGWAY, Colorado, overseen by Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a, hosting 74 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Ridgway Middle School sits 84% below that benchmark.

Ridgway Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a, a district that caters to 320 students overall.

On demographics, Ridgway Middle School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Ridgway Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ridgway Middle School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.2%; actual is 64.6%, +13.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Ouray County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,020, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Ouray County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 500 students), Ridgway Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ridgway High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ridgway Middle School. On composite proficiency, Ridgway Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ridgway Middle School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 82 (now 74). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Ridgway Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.