Erie Middle School

Erie Middle School is an intermediate school of expansive scale in ERIE, Colorado, part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, serveing 762 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% larger than the state mean of about 462.

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 31,607 students. Erie Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Erie Middle School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Erie Middle School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Erie Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Weld County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Erie Middle School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: Erie Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Erie Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Erie Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Erie Middle School has edged down 28%, going from 1,063 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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