Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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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 (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)
080402000553	451	Fort Lupton Middle School	Public	6-8	201 South McKinley	Fort Lupton	80621	Weld County	Weld re-8 schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 857-7200	448	27	16.8	61.8%	68 (15.2%)	3 (0.7%)	367 (81.9%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	$14,337							10.2	8	469	18
080723006373	452	Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	3475 West 67th Avenue	Denver	80221	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 428-1121	560	36	15.4	89.6%	51 (9.1%)	15 (2.7%)	461 (82.3%)	17 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	$18,297							10.1	9.1	463	11
080555002004	453	Achieve Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	9100 Poze Blvd	Thornton	80229	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(303) 853-1300	386	20	19.2	80.6%	40 (10.4%)	2 (0.5%)	325 (84.2%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$15,178							9.7	17.1	390	63
080336006398	454	Place Bridge Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7125 Cherry Creek Drive North	Denver	80224	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-0960	816	59	13.7	89.1%	75 (9.2%)	237 (29.0%)	402 (49.3%)	72 (8.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	24 (2.9%)	$19,073							9.5	10.3	453	1
080537000901	455	Thunder Valley Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	555 8th Street	Frederick	80530	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 833-2456	857	55	15.6	57.1%	288 (33.6%)	10 (1.2%)	508 (59.3%)	17 (2.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.6%)	$15,320							9.3	15.3	404	51
080306006379	456	Galileo School of Math and Science	Public, Magnet	6-8	1600 North Union Blvd	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	Yes	No	Yes	(719) 328-2200	308	21	14.6	89.0%	89 (28.9%)	35 (11.4%)	151 (49.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.4%)	$18,221							9.3	11	444	12
080480006489	457	Arvada K-8	Public	K-8	5751 Balsam Street	Arvada	80002	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-1240	541	37	14.5	82.1%	149 (27.5%)	23 (4.3%)	335 (61.9%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.1%)	$16,842							9.2	10.5	451	6
080612001106	458	Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences	Public, Charter	K-8	1745 Acero	Pueblo	81004	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 549-2737	434	22	19.3	85.3%	91 (21.0%)	5 (1.2%)	321 (74.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.9%)	$9,050							9.1	11.4	438	20
080537006594	459	Timberline Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	233 East Mountain View Avenue	Longmont	80504	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-3900	778	58	13.3	73.5%	90 (11.6%)	6 (0.8%)	662 (85.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.9%)	$17,961							9	10	455	4
080612001061	460	Roncalli Stem Academy	Public	6-8	4202 Highway 78	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7450	247	22	11.1	94.3%	62 (25.1%)	10 (4.0%)	155 (62.8%)	3 (1.2%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)	$18,466							8.7	7	474	14

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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.