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Montezuma-Cortez Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
450 West 2 Nd Street
Cortez, CO 81321
Phone
(970) 565-7824
District
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
County
MONTEZUMA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
533
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.8% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Montezuma-Cortez Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
39%
30%
44%
16%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
17
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 168 31.5%
Grade 7 185 34.7%
Grade 8 180 33.8%
Total 533 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 49.6% 50.4% 53.6%
Black 0.2% 0.3% 4.9%
Hispanic 23.5% 21.9% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.3% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 26.1% 27.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 64.0% 62.6% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 58.0% 55.5% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.0% 7.1% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,404 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 14.1 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 22.5% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,126 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.4% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.6% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.6% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.8% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.7% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,374 $13,162,000 42.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $953 $2,333,000 7.5%
Staff $677 $1,657,000 5.4%
General Administration $373 $914,000 3.0%
School Administration $904 $2,213,000 7.2%
Operation $1,185 $2,901,000 9.4%
Transportation $336 $822,000 2.7%
Other $1,110 $2,718,000 8.8%
Total Support $5,536 $13,558,000 43.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,708 $4,184,000 13.5%
Total Expenditures $12,619 $30,904,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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