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)
080531000879	111	Goddard Middle School	Public	6-8	3800 West Berry Avenue	Littleton	80123	Jefferson County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7850	552	40	13.6	30.1%	345 (62.5%)	8 (1.4%)	160 (29.0%)	11 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.5%)	$20,448							73	82.7	67	44
080480001970	112	Falcon Bluffs Middle School	Public	6-8	8449 South Garrison Street	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9900	604	35	17.3	23.2%	461 (76.3%)	3 (0.5%)	100 (16.6%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.1%)	$15,160							72.7	72.1	112
080690001194	113	Westlake Middle School	Public	6-8	2800 West 135th Avenue	Broomfield	80020	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5200	909	49	18.4	28.6%	554 (60.9%)	7 (0.8%)	237 (26.1%)	36 (4.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (7.9%)	$13,723							72.7	68.4	126	13
080480001605	114	Lincoln Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	7180 Oak Street	Arvada	80004	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 467-5363	809	46	17.6	23.7%	637 (78.7%)	6 (0.7%)	110 (13.6%)	16 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.8%)	$9,946							72.5	72	113	1
080480001508	115	Excel Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	11500 W. 84th Ave	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 467-2295	478	25	19.1	14.0%	387 (81.0%)	3 (0.6%)	57 (11.9%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	$10,140							72.5	73.3	106	9
080480001315	116	Deer Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	9201 West Columbine Drive	Littleton	80123	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-3820	557	34	16.5	25.0%	430 (77.2%)	2 (0.4%)	83 (14.9%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.7%)	$15,480							72.5	76	95	21
080480001920	117	Free Horizon Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	15920 W 10th Ave	Golden	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5921	394	20	19.9	20.6%	315 (79.9%)	3 (0.8%)	46 (11.7%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$17,421							72.5			(n/a)
080399006431	118	PSD Global Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	703 East Prospect Road	Fort Collins	80521	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 490-3086	306	33	9.2	39.2%	215 (70.3%)	3 (1.0%)	71 (23.2%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$20,308							71.8	67.2	130	12
080249001758	119	Aspen Creek K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5500 Aspen Creek Drive	Broomfield	80020	Broomfield County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-8000	748	46	16.4	20.6%	537 (71.8%)	5 (0.7%)	108 (14.4%)	49 (6.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.1%)	$18,691							71.6	74.1	104	15
080000400709	120	Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning	Public, Alternative	K-12	1700 South Holly Street	Denver	80222	Denver County	Denver 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 759-2076	390	23	17.2	3.6%	301 (77.2%)	8 (2.1%)	50 (12.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	$12,516							71.5	76.2	93	27

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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.