Enrollment
70
Middle
DISTRICT 98 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARGENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-33J·NCES 080645002015
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
7090 NORTH COUNTY ROAD 2 EAST, MONTE VISTA, CO 81144 · (719) 852-4025 · Rio Grande County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL70 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
32 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 28 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 31% |
Student demographics
47%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL→Sargent Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sargent School District No. Re-33J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 12.2% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 70 | 45.7% | 31.1% |
| Stratton Middle School STRATTON | 54 | 40.7% | 26.0% |
| South Park Middle School FAIRPLAY | 87 | 42.5% | 39.7% |
| Wiggins Middle School WIGGINS | 134 | 42.5% | N/A |
| Orton Academy COLORADO SPRINGS | 114 | 45.6% | N/A |
| Kiowa Middle School KIOWA | 66 | 45.5% | 26.4% |
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 SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 70 | #259 of 278 |
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
70
+20 (+40%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 76
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 70 | 5.8 | 12.0:1 | 46% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 51 | 3.5 | 14.6:1 | 47% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 56 | 2.1 | 26.7:1 | 38% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 50 | 5 | 10.0:1 | 44% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 66 | 4.6 | 14.4:1 | 45% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 70 | 4 | 17.5:1 | 44% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 76 | 4 | 19.0:1 | 46% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (66 to 70); teachers up 27% (4.6 to 5.8).
About SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in MONTE VISTA, Colorado, and it is part of Sargent School District No. Re-33J. Enrollment stands at 70 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 85% below the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in Sargent School District No. Re-33J, a system of 3 schools with 293 students.
At SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, 66% of students are White. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL has 5.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Colorado is 15.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 46% at SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL. The rate at public schools in Rio Grande County averages 62%, higher than here.
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Colorado public middle schools.
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.1%, compared with a predicted 39.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Rio Grande County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,411, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rio Grande County's 11 public schools enroll about 1,628 students and include SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is Sargent Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.0%; SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 31.1%, ranking 2nd of 4.
The NCES locale for SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 40%, from 50 to 70. Students per teacher increased from 10.0 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
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Rio Grande County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,321
Census ACS
Median income
$64,411
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sargent School District No. Re-33J
- Sargent Elementary SchoolElementary · 142 students
- Sargent Senior High SchoolHigh · 81 students
Other schools in MONTE VISTA
- Monte Vista Senior High SchoolHigh · 272 students
- Bill Metz Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
- Monte Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 190 students
- Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
- Sargent Elementary SchoolElementary · 142 students
- Sargent Senior High SchoolHigh · 81 students
Nearby schools
- Sargent Elementary School0.0 mi · 142
- Sargent Senior High School0.0 mi · 81
- Skoglund Middle School5.1 mi · 124
- The Academic Recovery Center of San Luis Valley5.1 mi · 16
- Center Virtual Academy5.1 mi · 23
- Center High School5.1 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 70 students in grades 06-08.
Is SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by Sargent School District No. Re-33J in Rio Grande County.
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