Best Public Schools in Montrose County, CO

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Centennial Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 South 5th Street	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 249-2576	540	37	14.6	53.1%	282 (52.2%)	5 (0.9%)	228 (42.2%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.0%)	39.1	251^st of 469 public middle schools	46.5%		36.4	271^st of 485 public middle schools	44.1%	20										50.7	51.2	38.7	46.6				25.2	17.3	26.9	23.2		25.4		$14,505
Columbine Middle School	Public	6-8	600 South 12th Street	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 249-2581	491	30	16.6	50.7%	306 (62.3%)	2 (0.4%)	156 (31.8%)	4 (0.8%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	35.3	276^th of 469 public middle schools	41.2%		35	277^th of 485 public middle schools	42.9%	1										38.5	41.6	41.5	40.6				20.7	21.6	27.5	23.4		28.7		$14,051
Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13820 6700 Road	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2584	531	27	19.4	67.0%	235 (44.3%)	0 (0.0%)	281 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	17.1	776^th of 950 public elementary schools	18.3%		20.5	737^th of 943 public elementary schools	21.8%	39							20.3	27.0	25.7				24.4		15.4					14.8	23.3			$13,095
Montrose High School	Public	9-12	600 South Selig Avenue	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 249-6636	1,279	66	19.3	45.3%	751 (58.7%)	6 (0.5%)	468 (36.6%)	5 (0.4%)	8 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (3.0%)	50.1	152^nd of 328 public high schools	53.7%		56.6	133^rd of 349 public high schools	61.9%	19	65.0	38.0	64.0	29.0	63.0	35.0																	31.6	$12,997
Northside Elementary School	Public	K-5	528 North Uncompahgre	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2554	327	23	14.4	76.5%	126 (38.5%)	2 (0.6%)	179 (54.7%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	18.1	766^th of 950 public elementary schools	19.4%		29	625^th of 943 public elementary schools	33.7%	141								25.8					24.3	26.1						18.6	15.9			$14,528
Oak Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	62100 Oak Grove Road	Montrose	81403	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-6867	374	23	16.2	41.2%	249 (66.6%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (30.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	37.6	548^th of 950 public elementary schools	42.3%		44	489^th of 943 public elementary schools	48.1%	59							20.6	35.4	52.0				34.4	36.8	18.5	36.0				30.1	50.0			$13,320
Olathe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	326 North 3rd Street	Olathe	81425	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 252-7940	424	24	17.9	68.6%	179 (42.2%)	0 (0.0%)	240 (56.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	25.7	660^th of 950 public elementary schools	30.5%		22	713^th of 943 public elementary schools	24.4%	53							24.6	34.0	37.3				31.3	25.0	33.3	25.0				27.5	19.2			$12,836
Olathe Middle/High School	Public	6-12	410 Highway 50 Business Loop	Olathe	81425	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 252-7950	499	37	13.6	60.3%	228 (45.7%)	1 (0.2%)	251 (50.3%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	32.1	225^th of 328 public high schools	31.4%		27	247^th of 349 public high schools	29.2%	22	56.0		54.0		52.0	22.0				29.0	33.3	14.7	25.5					6.1	7.4			13.2	21.7	$16,570
Pomona Elementary School	Public	K-5	1045 South Cascade	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2514	335	22	15.3	67.5%	177 (52.8%)	3 (0.9%)	128 (38.2%)	6 (1.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.1%)	25.6	661^st of 950 public elementary schools	30.4%		30.3	609^th of 943 public elementary schools	35.4%	52							40.4	28.0	26.3				31.7	35.1	10.0	22.8				23.2				$14,296
Cottonwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	3500 Woodgate Road	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2539	394	23	17.1	40.6%	281 (71.3%)	2 (0.5%)	96 (24.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	67	303^rd of 950 public elementary schools	68.1%		61.1	352^nd of 943 public elementary schools	62.7%	49							49.3	51.6	65.8				56.0	41.7	41.9	51.3				45.2	52.6			$12,425
Vista Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	1810 St. Mary Drive	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 249-4470	188	6	31.7	72.9%	89 (47.3%)	1 (0.5%)	92 (48.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)								(n/a)																								$10,073
Peak Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	526 N. 6th Street	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	Yes	No	(970) 249-7726	262	14	19.0	38.2%	212 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (14.9%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)								(n/a)	74.0		87.0		72.0	35.0							47.5							30.0			55.9	$13,553
Black Canyon High School	Public	9-12	126 South 5th Street	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(970) 964-8597	100	7	14.2	81.0%	25 (25.0%)	1 (1.0%)	72 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)								(n/a)																								$13,023
Outer Range	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	930 Colorado Ave	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(970) 249-7726	71	9	8.3	39.4%	60 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)								(n/a)													44.4											$16,461
Nucla High School	Public	9-12	225 West 4th Street	Nucla	81424	Montrose County	West End School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 864-7350	60	7	8.2	58.3%	47 (78.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.0%)								(n/a)	72.0																							$23,996
Nucla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	141 West Main Street	Naturita	81422	Montrose County	West End School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 865-2204	161	9	17.1	55.9%	145 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	32.8	589^th of 950 public elementary schools	38.0%		31.3	601^st of 943 public elementary schools	36.3%	12								43.8	41.2	23.8			31.1	30.0	31.3	35.3	14.3			27.0	35.3			$14,377
Nucla Middle School	Public	7-8	225 West 4th Avenue	Nucla	81424	Montrose County	West End School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 864-7350	39	2	17.3	59.0%	37 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													43.8							18.8				$13,327

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