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)
080540001354	151	Turner Middle School	Public	6-8	950 Massachusetts Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7400	461	29	15.9	18.7%	364 (79.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (14.8%)	8 (1.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.5%)	$14,039							60.9	62	146	5
080234001759	152	Aurora Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	10251 East 1st Ave	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 367-5983	512	44	11.6	68.8%	66 (12.9%)	237 (46.3%)	159 (31.1%)	14 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$14,466							60.8	51.6	204	52
080480000742	153	Ken Caryl Middle School	Public	6-8	6509 West Ken Caryl Avenue	Littleton	80123	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4710	747	40	18.7	30.0%	534 (71.5%)	9 (1.2%)	146 (19.5%)	21 (2.8%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.0%)	$14,008							60.7	66.3	134	19
080348000452	154	Miller Middle School	Public	6-8	2608 Junction Street	Durango	81301	La Plata County	Durango School District No. 9-R	No	No	No	No	(970) 247-1418	415	31	13.2	22.9%	295 (71.1%)	5 (1.2%)	75 (18.1%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	$14,907							60.5	52.8	194	40
080354001309	155	Eagle Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	747 East 3rd Street	Eagle	81631	Eagle County	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 328-6224	341	26	12.9	20.2%	208 (61.0%)	1 (0.3%)	116 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	$15,922							60.1	63.9	142	13
080270000164	156	Byers Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	444 East Front Street	Byers	80103	Arapahoe County	Byers School District No. 32J	No	No	No	No	(303) 822-5292	251	18	14.3	37.5%	183 (72.9%)	2 (0.8%)	61 (24.3%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,872							59.9	52.1	198	42
080345000443	157	Sagewood Middle School	Public	6-8	4725 Fox Sparrow Road	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-4300	824	49	16.7	7.8%	654 (79.4%)	14 (1.7%)	108 (13.1%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.5%)	$15,363							59.9	47.9	225	68
080480000713	158	Dunstan Middle School	Public	6-8	1855 South Wright Street	Lakewood	80228	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9270	818	41	19.9	33.0%	586 (71.6%)	9 (1.1%)	166 (20.3%)	11 (1.3%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.8%)	$13,662							59.8	60.3	150	8
080453001964	159	James Irwin Charter Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	5525 Astrozon Blvd	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 591-2122	451	29	15.4	41.5%	140 (31.0%)	31 (6.9%)	224 (49.7%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	45 (10.0%)	$7,707							59.7	66.7	133	26
080639001114	160	Sanford Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	755 Second Street	Sanford	81151	Conejos County	Sanford School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(719) 274-5167	154	10	15.4	42.2%	105 (68.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (31.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$15,320							59.6	59	156	4

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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.