Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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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)
080612001051	471	Risley International Academy of Innovation	Public	6-8	925 Monument Avenue	Pueblo	81001	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7440	403	26	15.5	95.5%	67 (16.6%)	14 (3.5%)	310 (76.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$15,147							7.3	7.1	473	2
080612001055	472	Pueblo Academy of Arts	Public	6-8	29 Lehigh Avenue	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7430	541	32	16.8	81.3%	136 (25.1%)	18 (3.3%)	371 (68.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	$14,477							7.2	7.6	472
080336006645	473	Compass Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	2285 S Federal Blvd	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-0096	246	21	11.9	94.7%	8 (3.3%)	10 (4.1%)	218 (88.6%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$15,834							6.7	6.4	477	4
080336001276	474	McGlone Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	4500 Crown Boulevard	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5660	803	49	16.2	96.0%	13 (1.6%)	77 (9.6%)	644 (80.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (7.1%)	7 (0.9%)	$18,920							6	9.7	459	15
080336006537	475	Rocky Mountain Prep Noel	Public, Charter	6-8	5290 Kittredge St	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 999-3825	194	21	9.2	90.7%	8 (4.1%)	26 (13.4%)	143 (73.7%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.1%)	7 (3.6%)	$21,339							6	9.2	462	13
080195000015	476	Kearney Middle School	Public	6-8	6160 Kearney Street	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District N. 14	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 287-0261	663	34	19.3	84.5%	45 (6.8%)	15 (2.3%)	591 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	$17,239							5.9	7.7	471	5
080336001955	477	Denver Online	Public	6-12	451 S. Tejon St.	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-8281	799	56	14.3	64.8%	152 (19.0%)	144 (18.0%)	404 (50.6%)	23 (2.9%)	12 (1.5%)	5 (0.6%)	59 (7.4%)	$17,199							5.7	24.8	340	137
080336006547	478	West Middle School	Public	6-8	951 Elati St	Denver	80204	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-5460	255	20	12.8	96.5%	7 (2.7%)	19 (7.5%)	220 (86.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$19,969							5.4	8.4	468	10
080336001928	479	Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	14250 East Albrook Drive	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(720) 424-2740	569	36	15.7	89.1%	4 (0.7%)	75 (13.2%)	457 (80.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.0%)	10 (1.8%)	$18,589							5.4	8.9	464	15
080336006849	480	Montbello Middle School	Public	6-8	5290 Kittredge St	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 424-0850	367	20	18.3	91.3%	13 (3.5%)	43 (11.7%)	288 (78.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	5 (1.4%)	$17,609							5.3			(n/a)

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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.