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)
080555006672	431	Global Intermediate Academy	Public	4-8	7480 Conifer Road	Denver	80221	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 853-1930	357	20	18.1	88.8%	16 (4.5%)	8 (2.2%)	327 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$14,687							13.1	12.4	427	4
080435001656	432	Grand Mesa Middle School	Public	6-8	585 31-1/2 Road	Grand Junction	81504	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-6270	511	37	13.7	59.3%	286 (56.0%)	4 (0.8%)	197 (38.6%)	9 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	$14,845							12.8	14.3	410	22
080555006786	433	Trailside Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2300 West 67th Pl.	Denver	80221	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 853-1000	496	25	19.9	56.3%	149 (30.0%)	7 (1.4%)	303 (61.1%)	17 (3.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	$15,155							12.8	18.7	376	57
080441001990	434	Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology	Public	K-8	1400 East 20th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-2500	957	53	18	80.3%	87 (9.1%)	59 (6.2%)	779 (81.4%)	15 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	11 (1.1%)	$13,565							12.6	20.4	366	68
080690001186	435	Shadow Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	12551 Holly Street	Thornton	80602	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5040	672	39	17.3	54.9%	260 (38.7%)	4 (0.6%)	362 (53.9%)	22 (3.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.0%)	$15,201							12.4	12.2	429	6
080540000925	436	Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball	Public	PK, KG-8	2660 North Monroe Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7300	294	20	14.5	62.9%	140 (47.6%)	7 (2.4%)	127 (43.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$19,143							12.1	11.9	432	4
080378006331	437	Englewood Middle School	Public	7-8	3800 S Logan St	Englewood	80110	Arapahoe County	Englewood School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 781-7817	219	24	9.2	73.1%	88 (40.2%)	11 (5.0%)	109 (49.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.6%)	$20,255							12.1	18.3	378	59
080258000152	438	Vikan Middle School	Public	6-8	879 Jessup Street	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(303) 655-4050	580	35	16.5	63.6%	157 (27.1%)	11 (1.9%)	393 (67.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.4%)	$13,581							11.9	14.7	408	30
080291000201	439	Prairie Middle School	Public	6-8	12600 East Jewell Avenue	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 747-3000	1,383	92	15	71.1%	256 (18.5%)	355 (25.7%)	574 (41.5%)	61 (4.4%)	11 (0.8%)	10 (0.7%)	116 (8.4%)	$14,675							11.9	10.8	446	7
080723001244	440	Shaw Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	8780 Circle Drive	Westminster	80030	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(303) 428-9533	564	31	18.1	80.5%	71 (12.6%)	17 (3.0%)	448 (79.4%)	15 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	$16,758							11.9	10.8	447	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.