Best Middle Schools in Colorado for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Colorado!

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, Gifted and Talented 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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 126)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080336001524	1	Slavens K-8 School	Public	K-8	3000 South Clayton Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-4150	752	40	18.5	9.2%	565 (75.1%)	29 (3.9%)	74 (9.8%)	21 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (8.2%)	$16,056							99.2%	99.4%	0.18%
080345001896	2	American Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	6971 Mira Vista Lane	Castle Rock	80108	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 292-5200	2,559	156	16.4	4.0%	1,632 (63.8%)	22 (0.9%)	211 (8.2%)	506 (19.8%)	21 (0.8%)	1 (0.0%)	166 (6.5%)	$10,319							98.4%	95.7%	2.74%
080435000619	3	Orchard Mesa Middle School	Public	6-8	2736 C Road	Grand Junction	81503	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-6320	465	28	16.5	56.8%	327 (70.3%)	4 (0.9%)	117 (25.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$14,486							97.6%	59.4%	38.24%
080192000001	4	Challenger Middle School	Public	6-8	10215 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3000	612	36	16.8	6.9%	418 (68.3%)	13 (2.1%)	82 (13.4%)	33 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	60 (9.8%)	$12,662							96.8%	94.0%	2.80%
080537000915	5	Mead Middle School	Public	6-8	620 Welker Ave.	Mead	80542	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 535-4446	559	31	18	22.7%	390 (69.8%)	3 (0.5%)	132 (23.6%)	14 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.0%)	$15,290							96.0%	87.0%	9.02%
080291000185	6	Campus Middle School	Public	6-8	4785 South Dayton Street	Greenwood Village	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-2700	1,331	76	17.5	15.0%	765 (57.5%)	46 (3.5%)	183 (13.7%)	228 (17.1%)	6 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	99 (7.4%)	$14,399							95.2%	94.8%	0.39%
080192006788	7	Chinook Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	9750 Grand Lawn Circle	Colorado Springs	80924	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-1576	1,067	55	19.3	7.3%	694 (65.0%)	45 (4.2%)	148 (13.9%)	68 (6.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	108 (10.1%)	$10,231							94.4%	83.3%	11.15%
080531001351	8	John Wesley Powell Middle School	Public	6-8	8000 South Corona Way	Littleton	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7850	526	35	14.8	14.8%	401 (76.2%)	11 (2.1%)	71 (13.5%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.1%)	$17,397							93.7%	84.5%	9.11%
080249001771	9	Eldorado K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	3351 South Indiana Street	Superior	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4400	612	34	18	11.6%	468 (76.5%)	5 (0.8%)	47 (7.7%)	47 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.2%)	$18,831							92.9%	94.6%	1.78%
080345006455	10	Skyview Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6161 Business Center Drive	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 471-8439	1,273	85	14.9		724 (56.9%)	27 (2.1%)	158 (12.4%)	254 (20.0%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (7.9%)	$10,447							92.1%	86.4%	5.67%

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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.