Best Middle Schools in Colorado for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 25)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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							96.0%	99.0%	2.97%
080234001759	2	Aurora Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	10251 East 1st Ave	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 367-5983	512	44	11.6	68.8%	66 (12.9%)	237 (46.3%)	159 (31.1%)	14 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$14,466							92.0%	68.7%	23.34%
080336001835	3	Highline Academy Southeast	Public, Charter	K-8	2170 South Dahlia Street	Denver	80222	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 759-7808	531	44	12.1	45.4%	245 (46.1%)	140 (26.4%)	112 (21.1%)	14 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	$13,142							88.0%	80.6%	7.38%
080234001881	4	Murphy Creek K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	1400 S Old Tom Morris Road	Aurora	80018	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 366-0579	735	42	17.3	47.8%	254 (34.6%)	167 (22.7%)	195 (26.5%)	42 (5.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (10.1%)	$16,654							84.0%	86.6%	2.60%
080336006572	5	DSST: Cedar Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	150 S Pearl Street	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 524-6350	469	38	12.3	51.0%	181 (38.6%)	86 (18.3%)	143 (30.5%)	21 (4.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.2%)	$17,590							80.0%	82.9%	2.89%
080336001933	6	Florida Pitt-Waller Ece-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	21601 East 51st Place	Denver	80249	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-2840	828	46	17.8	86.8%	31 (3.7%)	263 (31.8%)	410 (49.5%)	75 (9.1%)	9 (1.1%)	15 (1.8%)	25 (3.0%)	$16,379							76.0%	33.4%	42.60%
080336006546	7	DSST: Green Valley Ranch Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	4800 Telluride Street Buildin	Denver	80249	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 524-6300	480	30	16.1	76.0%	21 (4.4%)	121 (25.2%)	262 (54.6%)	47 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	21 (4.4%)	$17,692							72.0%	48.7%	23.34%
080291000034	8	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	1,152	68	16.9	28.5%	586 (50.9%)	124 (10.8%)	263 (22.8%)	77 (6.7%)	7 (0.6%)	6 (0.5%)	89 (7.7%)	$14,121							68.0%	51.1%	16.87%
080336006618	9	DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	8499 East Stoll Place	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 802-4120	476	33	14.3	74.4%	31 (6.5%)	83 (17.4%)	319 (67.0%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$18,930							64.0%	26.6%	37.40%
080336006566	10	DSST: Montview Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	2000 Valentia Street	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 320-5570	466	34	13.7	72.3%	50 (10.7%)	187 (40.1%)	184 (39.5%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.3%)	$20,417							60.0%	44.9%	15.05%

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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.