📍 401 Victoria Avenue, Alamosa, Alamosa County, 81101
Ortega Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Alamosa, Alamosa County. The school has 540 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamosa School District No. Re-11J school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
Ortega Middle School enrolls 540 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 2.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 371 | 69% |
| White | 138 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
348 of the school's 540 students (64%) 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.
Ortega Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Ortega Middle School is one of 6 schools in Alamosa School District No. Re-11J, based in ALAMOSA, Colorado. The district serves 2,038 students district-wide and employs 135 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 540 students, Ortega Middle School is larger than the district average of about 340 students per school.
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