Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 485)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
080002001913	161	Ross Montessori School	Public, Charter	K-8	109 Lewies Lane	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 963-7199	213	10	20.7		126 (59.2%)	2 (0.9%)	75 (35.2%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	$13,710							59.6	47.2	226	65
080291001672	162	Falcon Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	6100 South Genoa Street	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-7600	707	43	16.2	37.2%	367 (51.9%)	52 (7.4%)	169 (23.9%)	55 (7.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (8.2%)	$16,831							59.5	65.4	137	25
080291006728	163	Infinity Middle School	Public	6-8	25100 E Belleview Avenue	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-6000	937	56	16.6	25.1%	481 (51.3%)	90 (9.6%)	176 (18.8%)	81 (8.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	105 (11.2%)	$13,000							59.4	51.9	201	38
080249000131	164	Nederland Middle-Senior High School	Public	6-12	597 Eldora Road	Nederland	80466	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4900	245	18	13.5	33.1%	217 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)	$23,175							58.8	36.3	284	120
080372000482	165	Elizabeth Middle School	Public	6-8	34427 County Road 13	Elizabeth	80107	Elbert County	Elizabeth School District	No	No	No	No	(303) 646-4520	401	25	16	27.7%	307 (76.6%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (17.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.5%)	$13,211							57.9	54.8	177	12
080612001046	166	Goodnight Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	624 Windy Way	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7545	556	32	17.2	73.4%	173 (31.1%)	14 (2.5%)	346 (62.2%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	$13,086							57.9	54.1	187	21
080480000765	167	Jefferson County Open Secondary	Public	7-12	7655 West 10th Avenue	Lakewood	80214	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7045	324	22	14.7		242 (74.7%)	2 (0.6%)	51 (15.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.7%)	$15,935							57.9	59.9	151	16
080384000622	168	South Park Middle School	Public	6-8	640 Hathaway Street	Fairplay	80440	Park County	Park County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 836-4406	87	9	9.6	40.2%	69 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (17.2%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$18,242							57.9			(n/a)
080387006794	169	Mountain View Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2120 Meadowbrook Parkway	Colorado Springs	80951	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 623-4116	358	27	13.1	36.6%	171 (47.8%)	20 (5.6%)	112 (31.3%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	45 (12.6%)	$17,738							57.8	54.4	183	14
080192001462	170	Timberview Middle School	Public	6-8	8680 Scarborough Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3600	871	50	17.5	30.7%	576 (66.1%)	26 (3.0%)	185 (21.2%)	21 (2.4%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	54 (6.2%)	$11,868							57.8	64.3	140	30

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CMAS English Language Arts, CMAS Math, CMAS Science test scores released by the Colorado Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Colorado Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.