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)
080459000676	301	Hayden Middle School	Public	6-8	495 West Jefferson Street	Hayden	81639	Routt County	Hayden School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(970) 276-3762	94	8	11.2	35.1%	74 (78.7%)	1 (1.1%)	19 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,944							31.9	39.7	258	43
080480006695	302	Doral Academy of Colorado	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	7100 Wadsworth Blvd	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 250-3627	140	13	10.5	47.9%	90 (64.3%)	12 (8.6%)	33 (23.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.9%)	$15,293							31.9			(n/a)
080627001103	303	Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 West Washington	Rocky Ford	81067	Otero County	Rocky Ford School District No. R2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 254-7431	285	23	12.3	71.2%	61 (21.4%)	0 (0.0%)	217 (76.1%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$17,091							31.8	23.1	350	47
080258006488	304	Colorado Connections @ 27J	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	8 Inverness Drive E Suite 240	Englewood	80112	Arapahoe County	School District 27J	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(303) 794-2302	1,728	80	21.6		990 (57.3%)	97 (5.6%)	471 (27.3%)	21 (1.2%)	21 (1.2%)	8 (0.5%)	120 (6.9%)	$4,706							31.3			(n/a)
080480006466	305	Two Roads Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6980 Pierce Street	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 423-3377	331	36	9.1		223 (67.4%)	6 (1.8%)	90 (27.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$8,281							30.8	51.3	209	96
080264000158	306	Buena Vista Middle School	Public	6-8	549 Railroad	Buena Vista	81211	Chaffee County	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	No	No	No	No	(719) 395-7060	222	19	12	31.5%	178 (80.2%)	2 (0.9%)	32 (14.4%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$14,680							30.7	56.9	162	144
080537000908	307	Sunset Middle School	Public	6-8	1300 S. Sunset	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-3963	377	26	14.3	56.8%	162 (43.0%)	4 (1.1%)	193 (51.2%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$17,701							30.4	33.3	297	10
080408000563	308	Fountain Middle School	Public	6-8	515 N. Sante Fe	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1580	1,046	67	15.6	42.8%	461 (44.1%)	103 (9.8%)	332 (31.7%)	6 (0.6%)	9 (0.9%)	18 (1.7%)	117 (11.2%)	$14,752							30.1	17.4	388	80
080396000514	309	Florence Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	2006 State Highway 67	Florence	81226	Fremont County	Fremont Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 784-6414	585	33	17.8	42.7%	429 (73.3%)	3 (0.5%)	115 (19.7%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.1%)	$12,449							30	27.6	326	17
080537001891	310	Trail Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 Button Rock Drive	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 494-3820	522	31	17.1	64.9%	181 (34.7%)	7 (1.3%)	316 (60.5%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$14,885							29.8	27.5	327	17

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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.