Enrollment
143
Middle
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080420000579
South Valley Middle School
1004 MAIN STREET, PLATTEVILLE, CO 80651 · (970) 350-4201 · Weld County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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.
- C-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
11.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
90 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 41 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 31% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
South Valley Middle School→Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.3pp 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 13 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.5% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 6.8% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 South Valley Middle School
South Valley Middle School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Valley Middle School this school | 143 | 62.9% | 20.3% |
| Yuma Middle School YUMA | 223 | 62.8% | 30.5% |
| Lochbuie Elementary School LOCHBUIE | 239 | 61.9% | 20.5% |
| Centauri Middle School LA JARA | 211 | 64.5% | 38.3% |
| North Valley Middle School GILCREST | 248 | 66.9% | 32.5% |
| Trinidad Middle School TRINIDAD | 172 | 72.7% | 26.9% |
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 South Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #187 of 241 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #199 of 244 ▲ 25 | #15 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #199 of 246 ▲ 10 | #14 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #240 of 278 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #80 of 246 | #6 of 19 |
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
143
-55 (-28%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 63% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 14 | 11.7:1 | 54% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 13.1 | 14.3:1 | 46% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 14 | 14.1:1 | 58% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 15 | 13.2:1 | 48% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | 61% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 205 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 54% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 21 | 13.6:1 | 31% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 12 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (197 to 143); teachers down 13% (15 to 13).
About South Valley Middle School
South Valley Middle School is a public middle school run by Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1 in PLATTEVILLE, Colorado. It teaches 143 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 69% below the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1 serves 1,727 students across 6 schools.
Hispanic students are 63% of those enrolled at South Valley Middle School. The remaining shares are 34% White and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Weld County's population at about 31%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 13 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for middle schools in Colorado. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 63%. That is 16 points above the 47% average for public schools in Weld County.
Among Colorado public middle schools, South Valley Middle School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Valley Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 20.3% actual against 28.6% predicted.
The school's county is Weld County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,097 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Weld County number 116, with about 61,274 students.
South Valley Middle School's nearest public school is Platteville Elementary School (about 0.2 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.6%; South Valley Middle School's is 20.3%, ranking 9th of 9.
The NCES locale for South Valley Middle School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 28% across 4 years, from 198 in 2020-21 to 143 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 11.0:1 over the same years.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pete Mirich Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Platteville Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- North Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 248 students
- Gilcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 178 students
Other schools in PLATTEVILLE
- Platteville Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other South Valley Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Valley Middle. South Valley Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLELIBERTY, MO · 809 students
- South Valley MiddleGilroy, CA · 784 students
Nearby schools
- Platteville Elementary School0.2 mi · 317
- Valley High School5.8 mi · 483
- Gilcrest Elementary School5.9 mi · 178
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School6.9 mi · 387
- Coal Ridge Middle School7.0 mi · 727
- Firestone Charter Academy7.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About South Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Valley Middle School?
South Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does South Valley Middle School serve?
South Valley Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Valley Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Valley Middle School?
At South Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 63% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is South Valley Middle School public or private?
South Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1.
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