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Best Middle Schools in Larimer County, CO

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At a glance

Schools

6,737

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedKinard Core Knowledge Middle School10^th of 469 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Boltz Middle School up 29 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Estes Park Middle School 10.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Estes Park Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Manford Avenue	Estes Park	80517	Larimer County	Estes Park School District R-3	No	No	No	No	(970) 586-4439	163	15	10.6	42.3%	102 (62.6%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (34.4%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	38.7	250^th of 469 public middle schools	46.7%		44.2	222^nd of 469 public middle schools	52.7%	28	40.6	39.6	28.0	36.5	42.0	22.4	22.0	30.4	24.0	$21,116
Blevins Middle School	Public	6-8	2101 South Taft Hill Road	Fort Collins	80526	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-4000	363	29	12.6	52.1%	241 (66.4%)	12 (3.3%)	87 (24.0%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.9%)	47.7	201^st of 469 public middle schools	57.1%		52.2	193^rd of 469 public middle schools	58.8%	8	43.2	40.4	38.2	41.0	31.7	33.7	42.0	35.1	31.8	$23,539
Boltz Middle School	Public	6-8	720 Boltz Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3700	551	41	13.4	49.2%	331 (60.1%)	9 (1.6%)	173 (31.4%)	10 (1.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	59.2	162^nd of 469 public middle schools	65.5%		52.9	191^st of 469 public middle schools	59.3%	29	49.1	53.2	49.1	50.5	34.5	39.7	46.4	40.2	30.9	$21,276
Cache La Poudre Middle School	Public	6-8	3515 W Cr 54g	Laporte	80535	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7400	280	20	14.0	31.8%	233 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	75.2	110^th of 469 public middle schools	76.5%		76.1	95^th of 469 public middle schools	79.7%	15	48.3	52.7	65.4	55.2	36.7	44.4	69.2	49.6	67.9	$22,251
Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Lancer Drive	Fort Collins	80521	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5700	552	41	13.3	66.7%	229 (41.5%)	10 (1.8%)	268 (48.6%)	5 (0.9%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.6%)	32.5	291^st of 469 public middle schools	38.0%		39	253^rd of 469 public middle schools	46.1%	38	33.3	38.9	31.9	34.5	24.6	27.6	29.4	27.2	20.7	$22,189
Preston Middle School	Public	6-8	4901 Corbett Drive	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7300	568	35	16.3	29.8%	419 (73.8%)	8 (1.4%)	94 (16.5%)	22 (3.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	71	122^nd of 469 public middle schools	74.0%		72.5	112^th of 469 public middle schools	76.1%	10	54.0	62.3	51.5	56.4	44.4	44.5	52.8	47.0	37.5	$19,027
Lesher Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Stover Street	Fort Collins	80524	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3800	766	42	18.2	29.5%	558 (72.8%)	8 (1.0%)	143 (18.7%)	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	88.1	44^th of 469 public middle schools	90.6%		84.2	57^th of 469 public middle schools	87.8%	13	70.4	69.8	68.4	69.5	50.8	51.9	63.5	55.5	63.9	$17,469
Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	Public	6-8	3002 East Trilby Road	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5400	762	40	18.8	11.8%	569 (74.7%)	4 (0.5%)	61 (8.0%)	75 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.0%)	97.2	10^th of 469 public middle schools	97.9%		97.9	8^th of 469 public middle schools	98.3%	2	78.5	82.7	72.4	78.1	77.6	79.0	82.0	79.3	73.0	$17,024
Webber Middle School	Public	6-8	4201 Seneca Street	Fort Collins	80526	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7800	728	42	17.3	34.9%	528 (72.5%)	12 (1.6%)	150 (20.6%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.7%)	72.5	117^th of 469 public middle schools	75.1%		74.2	106^th of 469 public middle schools	77.4%	11	59.2	55.4	59.9	58.2	41.3	39.0	51.0	43.3	51.5	$18,476
Bill Reed Middle School	Public	6-8	370 West 4th Street	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7200	530	37	14.3	47.0%	325 (61.3%)	5 (0.9%)	163 (30.8%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	21.7	353^rd of 469 public middle schools	24.7%		24.2	338^th of 469 public middle schools	27.9%	15	19.9	23.5	31.4	24.6	18.4	11.5	28.5	18.9	26.1	$17,736
Walt Clark Middle School	Public	6-8	2605 Carlisle Drive	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5400	340	23	14.9	39.1%	240 (70.6%)	1 (0.3%)	81 (23.8%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.2%)	40.7	236^th of 469 public middle schools	49.7%		44.6	220^th of 469 public middle schools	53.1%	16	43.0	37.9	44.3	41.8	22.8	20.9	26.0	23.1	41.7	$20,232
Turner Middle School	Public	6-8	950 Massachusetts Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7400	448	28	15.9	17.4%	344 (76.8%)	3 (0.7%)	68 (15.2%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (5.1%)	64.2	144^th of 469 public middle schools	69.3%		71	118^th of 469 public middle schools	74.8%	26	43.4	59.5	49.5	50.4	35.2	44.3	52.9	43.1	40.6	$16,920
Lucile Erwin Middle School	Public	6-8	4700 Lucerne Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7600	686	45	15.3	36.9%	433 (63.1%)	6 (0.9%)	201 (29.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.8%)	36.5	267^th of 469 public middle schools	43.1%		34.4	281^st of 469 public middle schools	40.1%	14	33.5	43.7	37.6	38.0	25.4	16.3	28.5	23.7	33.9	$17,233

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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.

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