Middle Schools in Yuma 1 School District

Summary:

The Yuma 1 School District in Colorado has only one middle school, Yuma Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, its performance has been declining in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 234th out of 480 Colorado middle schools in 2022-2023 to 307th out of 469 in 2024-2025.

Yuma Middle School's test scores are generally below the state averages in CMAS/Science, CMAS/English Language Arts, and CMAS/Math, with particularly low performance in CMAS/Math, where only 26.3% of students were proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 35.9%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7%, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Despite these challenges, Yuma Middle School does have some positive attributes, such as a low dropout rate of 1.9%. However, the school's overall performance and declining statewide ranking suggest that there may be opportunities for the school to focus on improving its curriculum, teaching practices, and support for students in order to provide more equitable educational opportunities for its student population, which has a high percentage (72.37%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

District Detail

1115 South Ash Street
Yuma, CO 80759-0327

(970) 848-5831

SchoolDigger Rank:
92^nd of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 802

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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	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 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	Total
Yuma Middle School	Public	5-8	500 South Elm	Yuma	80759	Yuma County	Yuma 1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 848-2000	223	17	13.1	62.8%	93 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	31.2	307^th of 469 public middle schools	34.5%		34.7	279^th of 485 public middle schools	42.5%	28	48.1	26.3	35.9	33.3	35.8	34.0	22.8	15.4	31.7	26.3	37.7	39.0	$13,777

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Otis School District No. R-3	12.65 mi	2	28^th
Lone Star School District No. 101	17 mi	3
Akron School District No. R-1	25.16 mi	2	63^rd
Wray Rd-2 School District	26.06 mi	2	37^th
Arickaree School District No. R-2	30.53 mi	2

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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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