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)
080537006198	121	Westview Middle School	Public	6-8	1651 Airport Road	Longmont	80503	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 772-3134	621	34	18.1	32.4%	452 (72.8%)	3 (0.5%)	141 (22.7%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$14,691							71.2	74.5	101	20
080291006367	122	Fox Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	26301 East Arapahoe Road	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-4700	998	58	17.1	16.3%	562 (56.3%)	83 (8.3%)	166 (16.6%)	86 (8.6%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (9.2%)	$14,042							70.7	72.9	107	15
080540006697	123	High Plains School	Public	PK, KG-8	4255 Buffalo Mountain Drive	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9800	491	26	18.7	36.3%	351 (71.5%)	13 (2.6%)	84 (17.1%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.5%)	$13,502							70.2	72	114	9
080480000698	124	Bell Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 Ulysses Street	Golden	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4280	751	40	18.6	29.6%	569 (75.8%)	9 (1.2%)	127 (16.9%)	9 (1.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.3%)	$14,269							70.1	68.5	125	1
080531000876	125	Euclid Middle School	Public	6-8	777 West Euclid Avenue	Littleton	80120	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7800	698	40	17.5	29.2%	488 (69.9%)	6 (0.9%)	162 (23.2%)	13 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.6%)	$15,453							70.1	68.9	122	3
080399001717	126	Ridgeview Classical Schools	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1800 South Lemay Avenue	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 494-4620	730	45	16.2		614 (84.1%)	9 (1.2%)	56 (7.7%)	14 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.1%)	$10,442							69.4	76	96	30
080249000104	127	Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics	Public	6-8	290 Manhattan Drive	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-6300	418	24	17.4	29.4%	260 (62.2%)	4 (1.0%)	99 (23.7%)	15 (3.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.1%)	$19,829							69.4	77.2	89	38
080540002006	128	New Vision Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2366 E 1st Street	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 593-5827	1,006	51	19.9	29.6%	813 (80.8%)	3 (0.3%)	131 (13.0%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.0%)	$9,154							69.1	70.1	118	10
080399006573	129	Mountain Sage Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	2310 East Prospect Road Suite	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 568-5456	285	20	14.4	34.7%	233 (81.8%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.3%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.8%)	$11,820							69	85.4	54	75
080399006866	130	Timnath Middle-High School	Public, Alternative	6-11	4700 East Prospect Road	Timnath	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(970) 419-3400	1,250	68	18.3	19.0%	932 (74.6%)	13 (1.0%)	220 (17.6%)	34 (2.7%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.5%)	42 (3.4%)	$21,152							68.5			(n/a)

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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.