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Middle Schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1

At a glance

DistrictJefferson County School District No. R-124^th of 114 Colorado districtsFull district overview →

Schools

11,088

Students

5-star school

Top rankedManning Options School23^rd of 476 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Creighton Middle School up 42 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Everitt Middle School 15.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is home to 19 middle-level schools serving grades 6–8 (with Bradford K8 North serving grades 5–8 and Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus serving grades 6–9), and the district ranks 24th out of 115 Colorado districts with a 4-star rating, exceeding state averages in ELA, math, and science.

Manning Options School is the district's clear academic leader, ranking 23rd statewide with 5 stars and the highest ELA (75.7%) and math (66.3%) proficiency, along with a low 13.7% chronic absenteeism rate. Evergreen Middle School follows closely at #51, posting the highest 8th-grade science proficiency (68.1%) and strong scores across the board. Bradford K8 North (#53) is notable for the lowest chronic absenteeism (11.1%) and lowest free/reduced lunch rate (8.0%) in the district, while Bell Middle School (#62) is the most improved school, jumping from #124 to #62 in a single year. These top performers share a common profile: average poverty around 16.3% and average chronic absenteeism near 18.7%.

At the other end of the spectrum, North Arvada Middle School ranks #351 with 1 star, the lowest ELA (23.7%) and math (18.7%) proficiency, the highest free/reduced lunch rate (66.8%), and chronic absenteeism at 49.4%. Carmody Middle School has the district's lowest science proficiency (23.0%), and Everitt Middle School continues to struggle with 45.6% chronic absenteeism. Math is the biggest district-wide challenge—every school has lower math than ELA proficiency, averaging a 10-point gap. Poverty and attendance track performance closely, though schools like Dunstan Middle School and Oberon Middle School exceed expectations given their demographics. Connections Learning Center, with just 22 students and an 85.1% chronic absenteeism rate, is best understood as a specialized alternative program rather than a traditional middle school.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 5th Grade	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 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
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	774	41	19.1	26.6%	569 (73.5%)	14 (1.8%)	135 (17.4%)	13 (1.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.2%)	83.9	62^nd of 476 public middle schools	87.0%		75.5	98^th of 469 public middle schools	79.1%	36		64.8	62.3	60.7	62.7		59.0	45.9	56.7	53.8		63.0	$15,793
Carmody Middle School	Public	6-8	2050 S Kipling Street	Lakewood	80227	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-8930	550	33	16.9	51.8%	274 (49.8%)	16 (2.9%)	222 (40.4%)	15 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.6%)	28.7	314^th of 476 public middle schools	34.0%		39.5	246^th of 469 public middle schools	47.5%	68		27.4	37.5	31.0	32.0		23.4	22.5	24.7	23.5		23.0	$16,042
Creighton Middle School	Public	6-8	75 Independence Street	Lakewood	80226	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-6282	741	46	15.9	54.3%	285 (38.5%)	32 (4.3%)	376 (50.7%)	12 (1.6%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	26 (3.5%)	44.8	217^th of 476 public middle schools	54.4%		37.9	259^th of 469 public middle schools	44.8%	42		41.5	45.2	41.8	42.9		35.2	26.4	28.6	30.0		31.1	$16,435
Drake Junior High School	Public	6-8	12550 West 52nd Avenue	Arvada	80002	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-1510	1,002	51	19.6	18.9%	782 (78.0%)	12 (1.2%)	139 (13.9%)	22 (2.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.2%)	71.9	122^nd of 476 public middle schools	74.4%		69.9	129^th of 469 public middle schools	72.5%	7		47.1	54.8	57.0	52.7		44.8	43.1	55.8	47.5		51.2	$15,835
Dunstan Middle School	Public	6-8	1855 South Wright Street	Lakewood	80228	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9270	798	44	18.2	28.2%	550 (68.9%)	8 (1.0%)	168 (21.1%)	17 (2.1%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (5.6%)	71	124^th of 476 public middle schools	73.9%		60	161^st of 469 public middle schools	65.7%	37		60.0	62.3	52.9	58.7		38.2	42.1	46.9	42.1		46.1	$16,058
Evergreen Middle School	Public	6-8	2059 Hiwan Drive	Evergreen	80439	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5020	478	25	19.4	12.6%	419 (87.7%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	86.3	52^nd of 476 public middle schools	89.1%		90.2	38^th of 469 public middle schools	91.9%	14		60.7	77.4	53.4	64.9		58.5	74.6	47.4	61.2		68.1	$16,534
Everitt Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Kipling Street	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-1580	456	29	15.5	56.6%	216 (47.4%)	13 (2.9%)	191 (41.9%)	6 (1.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	42.9	227^th of 476 public middle schools	52.3%		37.8	261^st of 469 public middle schools	44.3%	34		44.6	40.8	37.3	41.3		32.4	24.8	25.5	27.9		35.7	$17,523
Ken Caryl Middle School	Public	6-8	6509 West Ken Caryl Avenue	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4710	725	39	18.5	27.0%	509 (70.2%)	8 (1.1%)	143 (19.7%)	27 (3.7%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.6%)	64.9	144^th of 476 public middle schools	69.7%		56	175^th of 469 public middle schools	62.7%	31		51.0	51.6	49.5	50.7		41.5	40.0	45.8	42.4		43.7	$16,162
North Arvada Middle School	Public	6-8	7285 Pierce Street	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0528	464	27	17.3	66.8%	183 (39.4%)	16 (3.4%)	223 (48.1%)	12 (2.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	21.9	355^th of 476 public middle schools	25.4%		21.1	353^rd of 469 public middle schools	24.7%	2		16.4	31.0	25.2	23.7		13.1	22.2	21.8	18.7		29.8	$17,299
West Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	9449 South Barnes Street	Conifer	80433	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-3056	499	26	19.3	22.0%	426 (85.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	78.2	93^rd of 476 public middle schools	80.5%		73.4	109^th of 469 public middle schools	76.8%	16		70.5	68.4	55.3	65.2		45.9	48.5	48.4	47.5		45.2	$16,664
Bradford K8 North	Public	5-8	2 Woodruff	Littleton	80127	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4882	350	18	19.1	8.0%	307 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.9%)	86.2	53^rd of 476 public middle schools	88.9%		82.5	61^st of 469 public middle schools	87.0%	8	88.0	64.0	67.9	72.6	72.8	76.0	51.7	47.4	64.4	59.4	73.7	59.7	$17,538
Summit Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	11809 West Coal Mine Road	Littleton	80127	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9013	851	44	19.5	24.3%	566 (66.5%)	10 (1.2%)	185 (21.7%)	31 (3.6%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (6.1%)	46.5	210^th of 476 public middle schools	55.9%		49.9	203^rd of 469 public middle schools	56.7%	7		41.5	44.5	39.3	41.8		29.7	36.1	30.4	32.2		34.2	$15,836
Oberon Middle School	Public	6-8	7300 Quail Street	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-2020	704	36	19.5	28.3%	540 (76.7%)	3 (0.4%)	128 (18.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.0%)	77.1	101^st of 476 public middle schools	78.8%		73.1	111^th of 469 public middle schools	76.3%	10		52.1	65.9	60.1	59.0		43.3	56.1	51.9	50.2		48.1	$15,924
Deer Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	9201 West Columbine Drive	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-3820	541	27	19.7	19.6%	416 (76.9%)	3 (0.6%)	80 (14.8%)	15 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.8%)	77.9	96^th of 476 public middle schools	79.8%		78.1	88^th of 469 public middle schools	81.2%	8		60.9	67.6	50.0	60.3		52.0	54.1	47.2	51.4		43.6	$16,627
Mandalay Middle School	Public	6-8	9651 North Pierce St	Westminster	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9802	443	26	16.8	39.3%	245 (55.3%)	9 (2.0%)	140 (31.6%)	25 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)	48.9	200^th of 476 public middle schools	58.0%		49.6	205^th of 469 public middle schools	56.3%	5		35.0	52.6	44.7	44.0		28.3	34.7	36.2	33.1		33.9	$17,011
Manning Options School	Public	6-8	13200 West 32nd Place	Lakewood	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-6340	685	32	21.1	12.3%	567 (82.8%)	4 (0.6%)	66 (9.6%)	13 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.1%)	94.2	23^rd of 476 public middle schools	95.2%		92.9	25^th of 469 public middle schools	94.7%	2		73.2	79.1	74.7	75.7		60.4	71.4	67.8	66.3		65.9	$15,921
Falcon Bluffs Middle School	Public	6-8	8449 South Garrison Street	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9900	567	29	19.8	18.9%	431 (76.0%)	3 (0.5%)	90 (15.9%)	10 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (4.9%)	67.1	136^th of 476 public middle schools	71.4%		69.4	131^st of 469 public middle schools	72.1%	5		52.0	56.7	53.8	54.1		46.3	36.8	46.5	43.2		39.4	$16,640
Wayne Carle Middle School	Public	6-8	10200 W 100th Avenue	Westminster	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9070	438	24	17.8	21.2%	315 (71.9%)	2 (0.5%)	89 (20.3%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	67.3	134^th of 476 public middle schools	71.8%		62.2	149^th of 469 public middle schools	68.2%	15		56.2	49.6	48.9	52.0		51.5	34.4	45.6	43.7		47.2	$17,260
Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus	Public	6-9	1200 Johnson Road	Golden	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-7004	22	10	2.3	63.6%	7 (31.8%)	1 (4.5%)	11 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.6%)								(n/a)					709.0					711.0			$98,483

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
School District No. 1	1.8 mi	194	69^th
Division of Youth Services	3.18 mi	5
Sheridan School District No. 2	4.34 mi	5
Englewood School District No. 1	5.4 mi	8	77^th
Littleton School District No. 6	5.9 mi	20	8^th

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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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