Best Middle Schools in Colorado for Special Education Students

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Every year, the Colorado Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Colorado test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 6)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080345001962	1	Rocky Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	11033 Monarch Boulevard	Littleton	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-3300	1,225	61	19.9	4.6%	927 (75.7%)	8 (0.7%)	130 (10.6%)	93 (7.6%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (5.1%)	$13,662							83.3%	91.7%	8.41%
080531000885	2	Newton Middle School	Public	6-8	4001 East Arapahoe Road	Centennial	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7900	738	44	16.8	8.7%	607 (82.2%)	4 (0.5%)	65 (8.8%)	17 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (5.8%)	$14,876							66.7%	93.8%	27.08%
080345006219	3	Cresthill Middle School	Public	7-8	9195 Cresthill Lane	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-2800	738	48	15.2	15.6%	504 (68.3%)	19 (2.6%)	132 (17.9%)	41 (5.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.3%)	$16,118							50.0%	86.4%	36.38%
080480000742	4	Ken Caryl Middle School	Public	6-8	6509 West Ken Caryl Avenue	Littleton	80123	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4710	785	43	18.2	25.5%	564 (71.8%)	13 (1.7%)	146 (18.6%)	26 (3.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.8%)	$14,008							33.3%	67.2%	33.85%
080345001528	5	Ranch View Middle School	Public	7-8	1731 Wildcat Reserve Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-2300	820	47	17.6	6.1%	626 (76.3%)	10 (1.2%)	114 (13.9%)	21 (2.6%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.1%)	$14,034							16.7%	93.1%	76.41%
080291000034	6	Thunder Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	5250 South Picadilly Street	Aurora	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-1500	1,116	66	16.9	24.5%	593 (53.1%)	123 (11.0%)	237 (21.2%)	70 (6.3%)	7 (0.6%)	6 (0.5%)	80 (7.2%)	$14,121							0.0%	65.4%	65.40%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CMAS English Language Arts, CMAS Math 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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.