Best High Schools in Zip Code 80833

Zip code 80833, serving the Rush, Colorado area, contains two high schools—Miami-Yoder Middle/High School (grades 6–12, 184 students) and Miami Yoder Preparatory Academy (grades 9–12, 41 students)—both part of the Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60, which ranks 87th out of 115 Colorado districts with a 1-star rating. The two schools share the same campus address, but offer very different profiles: Miami-Yoder Middle/High is the larger, data-rich school, while Miami Yoder Preparatory Academy is a small program with limited performance data.

Miami-Yoder Middle/High serves a predominantly low-income population, with 62.5% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, and has a student-teacher ratio of 15.8. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 86.4%, slightly above the state average of 85.6%, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 23.5% is actually better than the state average of 28.4%. However, the school's state ranking has fallen sharply, from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 13th percentile in 2025–2026. Miami Yoder Preparatory Academy, by comparison, posts a slightly higher graduation rate of 88.9%, but has no reported test scores, ranking, or economic data, making direct comparisons difficult. Its reported student-teacher ratio of 41 is unusually high and likely reflects its very small staffing.

Academically, Miami-Yoder Middle/High shows a persistent weakness in math: CMAS math proficiency was just 10.7% in 2024–2025 and 16.9% in 2025–2026, roughly half the state average or worse, and every grade-level subject tested fell below state averages. Reading and writing is comparatively stronger—the 2024–2025 PSAT 9 reading/writing score of 76% actually beat the state average of 65%—but that strength proved volatile, dropping to 38% the following year. The central takeaway is that students at these schools graduate at rates at or above the state average, yet academic proficiency on state assessments, especially in math, lags far behind. The school's strong attendance and graduation numbers suggest the challenge is not student engagement, but rather academic support and instruction.