Summary:
The Hayden School District No. Re 1 in Colorado has only one middle school, Hayden Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance on various metrics, such as test scores, dropout rates, and chronic absenteeism, is generally below the district and state averages, indicating that it is a lower-performing school within the region.
Hayden Middle School's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 258th out of 480 Colorado middle schools in 2022-2023 to 351st out of 469 in 2024-2025. The school's overall performance, as measured by the SchoolDigger rating, is 1 out of 5 stars, placing it among the lower-performing schools in the state. The school's proficiency rates in CMAS tests are significantly below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels, with the 8th-grade proficiency rate in CMAS/Science being just 24%, compared to the state average of 36.4%.
Additionally, Hayden Middle School has a relatively high dropout rate of 1.9% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7% in 2023-2024, which is also significantly higher than the state average. The school has a relatively small student population of 85 students and a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 29.41% in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families. While the school has a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8, this advantage does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes for the students.
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