Best Middle Schools in Colorado for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 244)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080234001674	1	Aurora Quest K-8	Public	K-8	472 South Wheeling St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 343-3664	589	29	20.3	40.9%	227 (38.5%)	128 (21.7%)	117 (19.9%)	56 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (10.0%)	$17,050							99.6%	99.0%	0.62%
080336006332	2	William (Bill) Roberts Ece-8 School	Public	K-8	2100 Akron Way	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-2640	828	44	18.9	11.7%	580 (70.0%)	52 (6.3%)	106 (12.8%)	26 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (7.6%)	$15,242							99.2%	98.6%	0.62%
080336001574	3	Denver School of the Arts	Public	6-12	7111 Montview Blvd	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-1700	1,058	54	19.5	11.8%	665 (62.9%)	55 (5.2%)	186 (17.6%)	53 (5.0%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (9.0%)	$16,627							98.8%	94.2%	4.54%
080735006782	4	Windsor Charter Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	810 Automation Drive	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 833-5190	383	22	17.1	10.2%	309 (80.7%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (13.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	$4,568							98.4%	89.1%	9.29%
080336000386	5	Morey Middle School	Public	6-8	840 East 14th Avenue	Denver	80218	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-0700	446	22	20.1	29.4%	257 (57.6%)	40 (9.0%)	118 (26.5%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	$15,417							98.0%	97.7%	0.22%
080480000964	6	D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	10359 W Nassau Avenue	Denver	80235	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-2600	1,125	55	20.5	11.7%	729 (64.8%)	12 (1.1%)	160 (14.2%)	171 (15.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (4.3%)	$14,800							97.5%	96.5%	1.05%
080291006676	7	Heritage Heights Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	20050 East Smoky Hill Road	Centennial	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 870-9541	457	26	17.7	24.9%	221 (48.4%)	92 (20.1%)	45 (9.8%)	70 (15.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.9%)	$12,154							97.1%	81.6%	15.48%
080480000795	8	West Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	9449 South Barnes Street	Conifer	80433	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-3056	502	27	18.9	16.9%	427 (85.1%)	3 (0.6%)	46 (9.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.2%)	$14,960							96.7%	84.7%	11.98%
080480001746	9	Manning Options School	Public	6-8	13200 West 32nd Place	Lakewood	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-6340	670	34	19.6	11.0%	559 (83.4%)	8 (1.2%)	57 (8.5%)	24 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)	$14,082							96.3%	92.4%	3.94%
080234002009	10	Aurora Frontier K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3200 S Jericho Way	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 693-1995	781	43	18.1	51.9%	217 (27.8%)	127 (16.3%)	264 (33.8%)	113 (14.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (6.9%)	$17,069							95.9%	79.8%	16.11%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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