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)
080540000929	341	Bill Reed Middle School	Public	6-8	370 West 4th Street	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7200	511	36	14.3	45.0%	344 (67.3%)	7 (1.4%)	125 (24.5%)	8 (1.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	$15,390							25.1	27.4	328	13
080522000861	342	Lamar Middle School	Public	6-8	104 West Park	Lamar	81052	Prowers County	Lamar School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	No	(719) 336-7436	325	21	15.8	73.8%	107 (32.9%)	0 (0.0%)	211 (64.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,404							24.9	19.9	369	27
080675001160	343	Hemphill Middle School	Public	6-8	2100 Wagner	Strasburg	80136	Adams County	Strasburg School District 31J	No	No	No	No	(303) 622-9211	255	16	16.4	35.7%	154 (60.4%)	4 (1.6%)	82 (32.2%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	$11,424							24.6	27.1	329	14
080441000634	344	Brentwood Middle School	Public	6-8	2600 24th Avenue Court	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-3000	557	33	17	78.8%	139 (25.0%)	21 (3.8%)	360 (64.6%)	19 (3.4%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.0%)	$14,242							24.6	28.4	322	22
080426000133	345	Basalt Middle School	Public	5-8	51 School Street	Basalt	81621	Eagle County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 384-5900	412	29	14.1	39.6%	153 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	253 (61.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$16,256							24.5	36.8	279	66
080441001696	346	University Schools	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6525 18th Street	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 330-2221	1,771	102	17.4	35.6%	965 (54.5%)	10 (0.6%)	728 (41.1%)	18 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	46 (2.6%)	$12,106							24.4	27.7	325	21
080028206764	347	Colorado Preparatory Academy Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	8601 Turnpike Dr. Suite 100	Westminster	80031	Adams County	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	No	No	Yes	No	(720) 381-2047	718	29	24.6		358 (49.9%)	66 (9.2%)	227 (31.6%)	10 (1.4%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.0%)	$8,394							24.2	26	334	13
080669001147	348	Caliche Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	26308 Buffalo Road	Iliff	80736	Logan County	School District No. Re-1 Valley	No	No	No	No	(970) 522-8200	112	11	10.1	30.4%	92 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	$23,137							24.2			(n/a)
080426006715	349	Riverview School	Public	PK, KG-8	228 Flying M Road	Glenwood Springs	81601	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 510-0252	387	30	12.9	58.9%	75 (19.4%)	3 (0.8%)	299 (77.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$20,342							24	29.8	313	36
080618001088	350	Rangely Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	234 Panther Way	Rangely	81648	Rio Blanco County	Rangely School District RE4	No	No	No	No	(970) 675-2253	267	18	14.4	39.0%	226 (84.6%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$16,828							23.8	17.4	387	37

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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.