Enrollment
74
Middle
DISTRICT 107 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-2 OF THE COUNTY OF OURAY A·NCES 080621006166
Ridgway Middle School
1200 GREEN STREET, RIDGWAY, CO 81432 · (970) 626-5788 · Ouray County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
19 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
Students here typically continue to
Ridgway Middle School→Ridgway High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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
74
-8 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.0:1
% White
82%
was 83%
% Hispanic
15%
was 12%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Ouray County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,087
Census ACS
Median income
$91,020
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
500 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a
- Ridgway Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
- Ridgway High SchoolHigh · 97 students
Other schools in RIDGWAY
- Ridgway Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
- Ridgway High SchoolHigh · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgway High School0.0 mi · 97
- Ridgway Elementary School0.8 mi · 149
- Ouray Senior High School10.8 mi · 46
- Ouray Elementary School10.8 mi · 79
- Ouray Middle School10.8 mi · 55
- Telluride High School15.7 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgway Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ridgway Middle School?
Ridgway Middle School enrolls approximately 74 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ridgway Middle School serve?
Ridgway Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgway Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgway Middle School is approximately 10.4:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ridgway Middle School?
Student demographics at Ridgway Middle School are roughly 82% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ridgway Middle School in?
Ridgway Middle School is part of Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a.
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