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)
080306000263	281	Russell Middle School	Public	6-8	3825 East Montebello Drive	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-5200	532	34	15.4	66.2%	232 (43.6%)	35 (6.6%)	202 (38.0%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (9.8%)	$17,664							34.4	36.7	280	1
080002002018	282	Stone Creek School	Public, Charter	K-8	32138 Highway 6	Edwards	81632	Eagle County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 569-3327	299	23	13.1	31.4%	200 (66.9%)	1 (0.3%)	77 (25.8%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	$12,014							34.4	38.3	265	17
080480000703	283	Carmody Middle School	Public	6-8	2050 S Kipling Street	Lakewood	80227	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-8930	562	35	16.1	51.6%	291 (51.8%)	14 (2.5%)	219 (39.0%)	12 (2.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.6%)	$14,357							34.3	33.3	298	15
080480001766	284	Compass Montessori - Golden Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4441 Salvia Street	Golden	80403	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 271-1977	422	19	22.4		349 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.5%)	6 (1.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	$11,453							34.3	42.2	247	37
080249000106	285	Casey Middle School	Public	6-8	1301 High Street	Boulder	80304	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-2700	393	33	12	56.5%	156 (39.7%)	3 (0.8%)	196 (49.9%)	15 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.6%)	$21,070							34.2	37.2	273	12
080723001232	286	Metropolitan Arts Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2341 Sherrelwood Drive	Denver	80221	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 428-1884	305	21	14.5	83.6%	34 (11.1%)	4 (1.3%)	252 (82.6%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	$17,896							34.1	33.6	296	10
080690001620	287	Century Middle School	Public	6-8	13000 Lafayette Street	Thornton	80241	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5240	759	44	17.1	50.7%	338 (44.5%)	10 (1.3%)	330 (43.5%)	37 (4.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	$14,515							34.1	34.1	292	5
080615001078	288	Pleasant View Middle School	Public	6-8	23600 Everett Road	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 542-7813	350	21	16.7	59.4%	147 (42.0%)	2 (0.6%)	192 (54.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$12,388							33.7	48.2	224	64
080420000577	289	North Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1175 Birch Street	Gilcrest	80623	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 350-4201	231	21	10.9	53.7%	81 (35.1%)	1 (0.4%)	146 (63.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$17,864							33.6	38.3	266	23
080441001614	290	Frontier Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2560 West 29th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 330-1780	1,426	62	22.8	44.0%	823 (57.7%)	20 (1.4%)	505 (35.4%)	25 (1.8%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.4%)	44 (3.1%)	$11,113							33.4	34.9	289	1

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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.