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Best Middle Schools in Montrose County, CO

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At a glance

Schools

1,070

Students

Districts

Top rankedNucla Middle School207^th of 469 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Columbine Middle School up 4 spots statewide this year

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Newly ranked this year

Nucla Middle School

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th 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%)	37.9	258^th of 469 public middle schools	45.0%		39.1	251^st of 469 public middle schools	46.5%	7	40.1	45.5	39.4	41.5	19.8	23.8	28.4	23.8	29.0	$17,197
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%)	36	272^nd of 469 public middle schools	42.0%		35.3	276^th of 469 public middle schools	41.2%	4	36.9	29.6	45.9	37.4	25.5	13.8	31.8	23.6	33.3	$15,821
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%)	46.5	207^th of 469 public middle schools	55.9%					(n/a)			33.3	26.3			50.0	26.3	27.8	$13,405

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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