Summary:
Fremont Re-1 is home to exactly one middle school: Canon City Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 382 students. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 17.3, and roughly 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a moderate level of economic need in the area. On the state's ranking system, the school now holds 3 stars and sits at the 52nd percentile, a meaningful improvement from the 44th percentile and 2-star rating it earned the previous year.
Academically, the overall picture shows progress alongside clear challenges. ELA proficiency is 44.0%, essentially matching the state average of 44.7%, while math proficiency sits at 25.6%, a full 11.7 points below the state. The school's standout group is 8th grade: ELA proficiency there reaches 51.4%, beating the state average by more than 9 points, and 8th-grade math (31.5%) is the school's best math performance in any grade. The most striking improvement came in 8th-grade science, which surged from 23.6% to 33.9% proficiency in one year, moving the school to within striking distance of the state average. By contrast, grade-level results in ELA are uneven, with 6th graders above the state average, 8th graders well above it, and 7th graders falling nearly 10 points below the state.
Math remains the greatest academic weakness at all grade levels, with every grade trailing the state average by at least 6 points, so targeted math intervention in 6th and 7th grades appears to be the clearest opportunity for growth. On the positive side, chronic absenteeism stands at 22.3%, notably better than the state figure of 28.4%. Given the improving state ranking, the large science gain, and strong 8th-grade performance, Canon City Middle School is trending in the right direction, and continued focus on math could lift its overall standing even further.
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