📍 450 West 2nd Street, Cortez, Montezuma County, 81321
Montezuma-Cortez Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cortez, Montezuma County. The school has 533 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
Montezuma-Cortez Middle School enrolls 533 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 24% American Indian or Alaska Native and 22% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 247 | 46% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 130 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
341 of the school's 533 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.
Montezuma-Cortez 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.
Montezuma-Cortez Middle School is one of 10 schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, based in CORTEZ, Colorado. The district serves 2,380 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 533 students, Montezuma-Cortez Middle School is larger than the district average of about 238 students per school.
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