Southern Hills Middle School

As an average-sized middle-grades school in BOULDER, Colorado, Southern Hills Middle School hosts 502 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.

Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,988 students. Southern Hills Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southern Hills Middle School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Southern Hills Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Boulder County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Southern Hills Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.3%; Southern Hills Middle School posts 79.2%, +18.9 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Boulder County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Boulder County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), of which Southern Hills Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fairview High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southern Hills Middle School. On composite proficiency, Southern Hills Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 71.8%.

Southern Hills Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern Hills Middle School has declined 10%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Southern Hills Middle School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.