Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Ortega Middle School, Alamosa, CO

CEP schoolOrtega Middle School is a public middle school in Alamosa, part of Alamosa School District No. Re-11J. It enrolled 471 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 471
Teachers (FTE): 32.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.7. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7

District14.7

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 401 Victoria Avenue, Alamosa, CO 81101
Phone: (719)587-1650
District: Alamosa School District No. Re-11J
County: Alamosa County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Remote
NCES school ID: 080207000026

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 341
Reduced-price lunch: 29
Free or reduced-price lunch: 37078.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.