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)
080480001317	351	Moore Middle School	Public	6-8	8455 West 88th Avenue	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0400	368	22	16.3	53.3%	197 (53.5%)	6 (1.6%)	141 (38.3%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.3%)	$15,878							23.7	17.3	389	38
080336006453	352	Denver Green School Southeast	Public	K-8	6700 East Virginia Avenue	Denver	80224	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-7480	523	31	16.8	69.0%	146 (27.9%)	121 (23.1%)	170 (32.5%)	20 (3.8%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	58 (11.1%)	$18,779							23.2	41	251	101
080480000725	353	Foster Dual Language Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	5300 Saulsbury Court	Arvada	80002	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-1680	369	25	14.8	56.1%	91 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	260 (70.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$16,694							23			(n/a)
080234006322	354	Vanguard Classical School - West	Public, Charter	K-8	801 Yosemite Street	Denver	80230	Denver County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 691-2384	363	28	13.2	79.9%	32 (8.8%)	74 (20.4%)	230 (63.4%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	$13,696							23	16.1	400	46
080258006362	355	Prairie View Middle School	Public	6-8	12915 East 120th Avenue	Henderson	80640	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(720) 685-5400	658	33	19.8	45.4%	220 (33.4%)	13 (2.0%)	384 (58.4%)	18 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	20 (3.0%)	$12,441							22.9	19.9	370	15
080336006618	356	DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	8499 East Stoll Place	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 802-4120	476	33	14.3	74.4%	31 (6.5%)	83 (17.4%)	319 (67.0%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$18,930							22.7	27.1	330	26
080336001738	357	Grant Ranch Ece-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5400 South Jay Circle	Denver	80123	Jefferson County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6880	302	23	13	71.2%	87 (28.8%)	19 (6.3%)	164 (54.3%)	15 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$19,857							22.3	22.2	359	2
080426000587	358	Glenwood Springs Middle School	Public	6-8	120 Soccerfield Road	Glenwood Springs	81601	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 384-5500	408	28	14.5	40.0%	143 (35.0%)	1 (0.2%)	250 (61.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	$16,093							21.7	26.1	333	25
080336001917	359	Denver Center for International Studies	Public, Magnet	6-12	574 West 6th Ave	Denver	80204	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(720) 423-9000	471	31	15.3	69.2%	86 (18.3%)	19 (4.0%)	328 (69.6%)	14 (3.0%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	$19,109							21.7	32.3	302	57
080612006711	360	Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Height	Public, Charter	K-8	1331 Santa Rosa Street	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 404-2680	260	12	21.2	61.5%	94 (36.2%)	2 (0.8%)	161 (61.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$8,101							21.5	20.3	367	7

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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.