Middle · Colorado

Miller Middle School

Free meals for all

Miller Middle School, a public middle school in Durango, Colorado: grades 6–8, 360 students, 12.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Durango School District No. 9-R.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
360
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
12.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 15.7 · 281 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 463 · 281 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

52%proficient

+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 68% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 42% · 267 middle schools compared

309 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

32%proficient

−1.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 26% · 264 middle schools compared

311 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Durango School District No. 9-R.

Location

Address
2608 Junction Street, Durango, CO 81301
Phone
(970)247-1418
City or town
Durango

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
4–830218.874%65%
Escalante Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–846113.147%35%
Bayfield Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–828312.535%20%
Ignacio Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–814410.337%14%
Mancos Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–811615.5——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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