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)
080423001298	211	Gilpin County Undivided High School	Public	6-12	10595 Highway 119	Golden	80403	Jefferson County	Gilpin County School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 582-3444	209	18	11.7	27.3%	172 (82.3%)	3 (1.4%)	20 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.2%)	$16,948							49.2	60.7	148	63
080648001125	212	Sproul Junior High School	Public	6-8	235 Sumac Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	No	(719) 391-3215	525	37	14.1	34.3%	227 (43.2%)	42 (8.0%)	196 (37.3%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	46 (8.8%)	$14,209							49.1	55.1	172	40
080336001636	213	Odyssey School of Denver	Public, Charter	K-8	6550 East 21st Avenue	Denver	80207	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 316-3944	291	22	13.3	28.2%	170 (58.4%)	24 (8.2%)	58 (19.9%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.0%)	$11,848							49.1	45.1	236	23
080258006465	214	Foundations Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	340 South 45th Avenue	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 659-9519	767	43	17.7	25.3%	417 (54.4%)	6 (0.8%)	314 (40.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.4%)	$11,193							49.1	54.7	179	35
080399000523	215	Boltz Middle School	Public	6-8	720 Boltz Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3700	580	39	15	45.3%	347 (59.8%)	5 (0.9%)	196 (33.8%)	7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)	$16,375							49	45.4	232	17
080303006288	216	Plateau Valley Junior High School	Public	7-8	56600 Highway 330	Collbran	81624	Mesa County	Plateau Valley School District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 487-3547	34	3	11.6	23.5%	29 (85.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,052							48.9			(n/a)
080483006829	217	CIVICA Colorado	Public, Charter	6-11	301 Centennial Drive	Milliken	80534	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 652-4711	149	8	18.1	24.2%	100 (67.1%)	1 (0.7%)	45 (30.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$14,871							48.7	52.7	195	22
080336000357	218	Grant Beacon Middle School	Public	6-8	1751 South Washington Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-9360	356	23	15.3	60.1%	123 (34.6%)	28 (7.9%)	173 (48.6%)	10 (2.8%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.8%)	$19,422							48.7	51.5	206	12
080474000686	219	Genoa-Hugo School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	220 West 7th Street	Hugo	80821	Lincoln County	Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 743-2428	224	17	12.9	38.4%	204 (91.1%)	6 (2.7%)	14 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,208							48.4			(n/a)
080441000637	220	Chappelow K-8 Magnet School	Public, Magnet	K-8	2001 34th Street	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	Yes	No	No	(970) 348-1200	687	37	18.5	61.3%	216 (31.4%)	3 (0.4%)	452 (65.8%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$13,873							48.4	51.3	207	13

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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.