📍 141 Baker Lane, Durango, La Plata County, 81303
Escalante Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Durango, La Plata County. The school has 534 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durango School District No. 9-R school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
Escalante Middle School enrolls 534 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 333 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 129 | 24% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 41 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
200 of the school's 534 students (37%) 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.
Escalante Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Escalante Middle School is one of 13 schools in Durango School District No. 9-R, based in DURANGO, Colorado. The district serves 4,337 students district-wide and employs 389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 534 students, Escalante Middle School is larger than the district average of about 334 students per school.
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