Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 469)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
91	Leman Classical Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	19560 Stroh Road	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 767-1600	1,390	69	20.1	14.2%	1,042 (75.0%)	19 (1.4%)	150 (10.8%)	100 (7.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (5.4%)	$11,336							76.8	82.6	67	24		080345006765
92	Euclid Middle School	Public	6-8	777 West Euclid Avenue	Littleton	80120	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7800	631	39	16.1	31.1%	446 (70.7%)	5 (0.8%)	130 (20.6%)	14 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.1%)	$15,940							76.4	70.1	125	33		080531000876
93	Fitzsimmons Middle School	Public	6-8	57243 Us Highway 285	Bailey	80421	Park County	Platte Canyon School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 838-7666	138	15	9.1	35.5%	110 (79.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.9%)	$17,860							76.3	81.9	71	22		080237001325
94	Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	750 Galapago St.	Denver	80204	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 282-6437	223	16	14.1	30.9%	124 (55.6%)	16 (7.2%)	58 (26.0%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.1%)	$14,684							76.3	61.1	150	56		080336006473
95	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	31.8%	233 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	$19,125							76.1	73.3	108	13		080399000524
96	Village Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	3475 Hampton Park Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 234-1940	163	6	26.2	16.0%	124 (76.1%)	4 (2.5%)	23 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	$13,719							75.7	91.9	32	64		080192006478
97	Lewis-Palmer Middle School	Public	7-8	1776 Woodmoor Drive	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 488-4776	731	38	19.2		547 (74.8%)	11 (1.5%)	100 (13.7%)	18 (2.5%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (6.0%)	$11,208							75.6	75.4	97			080582001002
98	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%)	$14,686							75.5	70.1	124	26		080480000698
99	Aspen View Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2131 Low Meadow Blvd	Castle Rock	80109	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 733-3436	1,018	56	18	10.2%	830 (81.5%)	11 (1.1%)	114 (11.2%)	10 (1.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (4.7%)	$12,830							75.5	65.4	138	39		080345006588
100	Rocky Top Middle School	Public	6-8	14150 York Street	Thornton	80602	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-2200	1,052	57	18.4	27.6%	584 (55.5%)	17 (1.6%)	293 (27.9%)	81 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	72 (6.8%)	$14,028							75.5	76.2	92	8		080690001726

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CMAS English Language Arts, CMAS Math, CMAS Science test scores released by the Colorado Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 21, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Colorado Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.