Summary:
Roosevelt Middle School is the sole middle school in Weld County School District No. Re-5J, serving grades 6–8 in Johnstown, Colorado, with 695 students and a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 29.21%. Since there is only one middle school in this district, the story is entirely about Roosevelt Middle School, which is quietly improving its state ranking. The school moved from the 49th percentile (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 51st percentile (3 stars) in 2025-2026, even as the number of ranked schools stayed identical at 469, making that upward shift genuinely meaningful.
Academically, the school shows a mixed but encouraging picture. The strongest area is 8th grade: ELA proficiency at 44.4% beats the state average of 42.2%, math at 37.4% is essentially tied with the state’s 37.8%, and science at 35.8% is slightly above the state’s 35.4%. Overall, however, math remains the biggest challenge—all-grade math proficiency is 28.5%, nearly 9 points below the state’s 37.3%. The weakest spot is 6th-grade math at 23.7%, but performance climbs steadily with each grade level, suggesting students gain ground as they move through the school. ELA overall slipped from 44.5% to 39.0% year over year, a drop worth watching, while math jumped from 22.8% to 28.5% and science improved by 2.8 points.
Beyond test scores, Roosevelt stands out for attendance and stability. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% is far better than the state’s 28.4%, though slightly higher than the district’s 16.9%. The dropout rate is a minimal 0.2% (2021-2022), and the district overall rated 64th out of 115 Colorado districts. For parents, the takeaway is that this is a moderately sized, improving school with a real bright spot in 8th grade and a clear area for focus in early-middle-school math. The recent ELA dip and the persistent math gap—especially in 6th and 7th grades—are the things to monitor, while the strong upper-grade performance and low chronic absenteeism are solid reasons for optimism.
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