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Ortega Middle School

Ortega Middle School school profile in Alamosa, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
34/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
468
Enrollment has declined 13% over the available history.
FRL Share
68.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
726.8
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Ortega Middle School

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Academic Quality

32

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

42

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

43

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Alamosa and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
34 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
726.8 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
733.5 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
719.1 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
727.9 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
468 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Alamosa 8.3 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
8.3 / 1k 8.3 / 1k
2 Market rent
Alamosa $1,333 · Colorado $1,977
$1,333 $1,333
3 Home price
Alamosa $315,690 · Colorado $556,199
$315,690 $315,690
4 Poverty rate
Alamosa 12.9% · Colorado 10.1%
9.8% 12.9%
5 Median income
Alamosa $53,049 · Colorado $101,131
$54,559 $53,049
6 Renter share
Alamosa 54.5% · Colorado 32.6%
56.8% 54.5%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Ortega Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 726.8, with ELA at 733.5, Math at 719.1, and Science at 727.9. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 32/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 13% over the available history. ELA has moved up 1.2 points over the available history. Math has moved down 4.9 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 42/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Ortega Middle School currently serves about 468 students. FRL share sits near 68.4%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 960202 carries violent crime around 8.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,333, median income near $54,559, and home-price context near $315,690. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 81101 where rent context currently sits near $1,333 and home-price context near $315,690. Nearby violent crime has moved up 6% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Ortega Middle School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 34/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.