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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rifle Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
552
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624001096
Rifle Middle School
753 RAILROAD, RIFLE, CO 81650 · (970) 665-7900 · Garfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Colorado public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
314 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 182 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 34% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
26.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 12.8% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Rifle Middle School
Rifle Middle School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle Middle School this school | 552 | 56.9% | 20.9% |
| Glenwood Springs Middle School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 380 | 58.7% | 23.8% |
| Basalt Middle School BASALT | 367 | 55.6% | 27.5% |
| Weld Central Middle School KEENESBURG | 403 | 58.3% | 17.7% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School LONGMONT | 435 | 59.8% | 29.8% |
| Pleasant View Middle School PUEBLO | 348 | 55.5% | 29.9% |
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 Rifle Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #183 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #169 of 244 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #196 of 246 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #101 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #91 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #129 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #100 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #27 of 169 |
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
552
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 552 | 36.2 | 15.2:1 | 57% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 38.8 | 15.1:1 | 39% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 36.8 | 16.9:1 | 43% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 51% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 47 | 18.0:1 | 59% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 47 | 17.8:1 | 60% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 55% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 26% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 18 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rifle Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (844 to 552); teachers down 23% (47 to 36.2).
About Rifle Middle School
Rifle Middle School sits in RIFLE, Colorado, and is classified as a middle school. The school had 552 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Garfield School District No. Re-2 runs Rifle Middle School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 4,695 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Rifle Middle School, with 63% of enrollment. Other groups make up 34% White. Garfield County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Rifle Middle School total 36.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The school counts 314 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 57%.
The allk12 Grade for Rifle Middle School is D. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Rifle Middle School is 11.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 20.9%. Predicted: 32.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Garfield County show that the median household income is $91,131, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Rifle Middle School, Garfield County has 28 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Rifle High School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 22.5%, higher than Rifle Middle School's 20.9%.
In the federal locale system, Rifle Middle School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Rifle Middle School dropped 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 602 to 552 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Rifle Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in RIFLE
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Wamsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Rifle High School0.5 mi · 778
- Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 451
- Graham Mesa Elementary School1.5 mi · 424
- Wamsley Elementary School1.5 mi · 420
- Cactus Valley Elementary School6.6 mi · 462
- Coal Ridge High School9.4 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Rifle Middle SchoolHow many students attend Rifle Middle School?
Rifle Middle School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Rifle Middle School serve?
Rifle Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Rifle Middle School have?
Rifle Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rifle Middle School?
At Rifle Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 63% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Rifle Middle School public or private?
Rifle Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garfield School District No. Re-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.