Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80833

Schools in zip code 80833 serve the small rural community of Rush, Colorado, through three schools in the Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60, which together cover grades PK–12 and enroll roughly 398 students, with the district overall ranking in the bottom quarter of Colorado districts. The district is economically challenged, with about 63% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch across the two traditional schools, and all three schools share one campus in a tight-knit rural setting.

The clear bright spot is Miami/Yoder Elementary School, which jumped from the 38th to 51st percentile in state rankings over two years and earned a 3-star rating. Its 5th-grade ELA proficiency reached 57.7%, above the state average of 49.9%, and 5th-grade science improved sharply, though it still trails the state. In contrast, Miami-Yoder Middle/High School has fallen from the 38th to 13th percentile and now holds a 1-star rating. Its all-grades math proficiency is just 16.9% versus 37.3% statewide, and 9th-grade PSAT Reading/Writing collapsed from 76% to 38% proficient in one year—a major volatility red flag. Meanwhile, Miami Yoder Preparatory Academy posts the highest graduation rate at 88.9%, above both the district (87.1%) and state (85.6%), but it has almost no test score or demographic data reported, and its 41:1 student-teacher ratio is likely a data artifact.

Chronic absenteeism runs below the state average at both the elementary (26.3%) and middle/high school (23.5%), though it is surprisingly higher among younger students. Math is the most severe weakness at the secondary level, with fewer than 1 in 5 students meeting grade-level expectations. The district average often equals the school average in tested subjects because these schools are the only ones serving those grade spans, meaning district results essentially reflect a single school. Overall, families in zip code 80833 will find a strong elementary program that has improved to the state median, a secondary program in need of urgent math and consistency supports, and a small Preparatory Academy that graduates students well but remains largely opaque due to missing data.