📍 500 South Elm, Yuma, Yuma County, 80759
Yuma Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Yuma, Yuma County. The school has 233 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yuma 1 School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
Yuma Middle School enrolls 233 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 1.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 59% |
| White | 92 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
151 of the school's 233 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yuma Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Yuma Middle School is one of 4 schools in Yuma 1 School District, based in YUMA, Colorado. The district serves 802 students district-wide and employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 233 students, Yuma Middle School is larger than the district average of about 201 students per school.