Trinidad Middle School

Trinidad Middle School is one of the minimally staffed junior highs in TRINIDAD, Colorado, operated by Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and, with 172 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Trinidad Middle School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 769 students; Trinidad Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trinidad Middle School reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Las Animas County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Trinidad Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Las Animas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,074, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Las Animas County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,870 students), of which Trinidad Middle School is one.

Trinidad High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trinidad Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 172 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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