Enrollment
124
Middle
DISTRICT 126 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26JT·NCES 080285000178
Skoglund Middle School
550 S. SYLVESTER AVENUE, CENTER, CO 81125 · (719) 754-2232 · Saguache County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
13.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
116 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 32 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 40% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Center Consolidated School District 26JT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
9.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 9.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 7.2% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
10.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 10% 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 Skoglund Middle School
Skoglund Middle School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skoglund Middle School this school | 124 | 93.5% | 18.5% |
| Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School COMMERCE CITY | 166 | 85.5% | 32.7% |
| Compass Academy DENVER | 200 | 91.5% | 10.2% |
| Adams City Middle School COMMERCE CITY | 296 | 90.9% | 7.0% |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy DENVER | 301 | 93.7% | 15.0% |
| West Middle School DENVER | 188 | 95.7% | 10.9% |
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 Skoglund Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #198 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #218 of 244 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #191 of 246 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #244 of 278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #4 of 246 |
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
124
-18 (-13%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 95
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 124 | 9.4 | 13.3:1 | 94% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 136 | 8.5 | 15.9:1 | 96% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 142 | 9.9 | 14.3:1 | 91% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 7 | 20.3:1 | 93% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 121 | 8.9 | 13.6:1 | 98% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 93% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 134 | 8 | 16.8:1 | 90% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 12 | 13.5:1 | 84% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 95 | 5 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skoglund Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (121 to 124); teachers up 5% (8.9 to 9.4).
About Skoglund Middle School
Skoglund Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in CENTER, Colorado. The school enrolls 124 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Colorado is about 462, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.
Skoglund Middle School is one school in a 5-school district, Center Consolidated School District 26JT, which enrolls 628 students.
The large majority of students at Skoglund Middle School, 90%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 37%. Skoglund Middle School has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Skoglund Middle School is 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That ratio is under the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%.
allk12 grades Skoglund Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Skoglund Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 18.5% actual against 10.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Saguache County this way: median household income is about $50,082, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Saguache County number 8 and enroll about 932.
The nearest public school is Haskin Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Skoglund Middle School places 4th of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Skoglund Middle School went from 142 students to 124. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 13.3:1.
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Saguache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,580
Census ACS
Median income
$50,082
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Center Consolidated School District 26JT
- Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 312 students
- Center High SchoolHigh · 153 students
- Center Virtual AcademyHigh · 23 students
- The Academic Recovery Center of San Luis ValleyHigh · 16 students
Other schools in CENTER
- Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 312 students
- Center High SchoolHigh · 153 students
- Center Virtual AcademyHigh · 23 students
- The Academic Recovery Center of San Luis ValleyHigh · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Haskin Elementary School0.0 mi · 312
- The Academic Recovery Center of San Luis Valley0.0 mi · 16
- Center Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 23
- Center High School0.0 mi · 153
- SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 70
- Sargent Elementary School5.1 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Skoglund Middle SchoolHow large is Skoglund Middle School?
Skoglund Middle School enrolls approximately 124 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Skoglund Middle School serve?
Skoglund Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Skoglund Middle School have?
Skoglund Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Skoglund Middle School?
Student demographics at Skoglund Middle School are roughly 7% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Skoglund Middle School in?
Skoglund Middle School is part of Center Consolidated School District 26JT.
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