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
381	De Beque Pk-12 School District 49JT	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	730 Minter Avenue	De Beque	81630	Mesa County	De Beque Joint District No. 49	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 283-5596	179	14	13.2	63.7%	136 (76.0%)	2 (1.1%)	39 (21.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,613							18.6			(n/a)		080324000286
382	Columbia Middle School	Public	6-8	17600 East Columbia Ave	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 690-6570	636	36	17.6	75.6%	144 (22.6%)	106 (16.7%)	305 (48.0%)	28 (4.4%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	45 (7.1%)	$19,132							18.5	16.2	398	16		080234001322
383	Hamilton Middle School	Public	6-8	8600 East Dartmouth Avenue	Denver	80231	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-9500	775	49	15.9	67.4%	171 (22.1%)	113 (14.6%)	409 (52.8%)	24 (3.1%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.8%)	47 (6.1%)	$17,409							18.1	16.3	397	14		080336000361
384	Grant Ranch Ece-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5400 South Jay Circle	Denver	80123	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6880	334	22	14.9	67.4%	104 (31.1%)	20 (6.0%)	176 (52.7%)	14 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.4%)	$19,674							18.1	22.3	357	27		080336001738
385	Clayton Partnership School	Public, Magnet	K-8	8970 York St	Thornton	80229	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(303) 853-1460	430	23	18.5	77.7%	33 (7.7%)	5 (1.2%)	375 (87.2%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$14,856							17.9	19.5	374	11		080555002016
386	Clyde Miller K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	1701 Espana St	Aurora	80011	Adams County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 364-7918	466	22	21.1	88.2%	39 (8.4%)	46 (9.9%)	323 (69.3%)	19 (4.1%)	7 (1.5%)	8 (1.7%)	24 (5.2%)	$19,294							17.8	27.6	326	60		080234000057
387	Bromley East Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	356 Longspur Drive	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 685-3297	1,214	42	28.6	39.5%	568 (46.8%)	17 (1.4%)	566 (46.6%)	16 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (3.6%)	$11,544							17.7	18.3	386	1		080258001729
388	Carson Middle School	Public	6-8	6200 Prussman Boulevard	Fort Carson	80902	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1610	657	41	15.9	39.1%	272 (41.4%)	87 (13.2%)	194 (29.5%)	17 (2.6%)	6 (0.9%)	22 (3.3%)	59 (9.0%)	$15,543							17.7	28.6	320	68		080408000561
389	Brush Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Mill Street	Brush	80723	Morgan County	School District No. Re-2 Brush	No	No	No	No	(970) 842-5035	328	22	15.2	65.5%	162 (49.4%)	4 (1.2%)	156 (47.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$15,026							17.3			(n/a)		080261000153
390	Bennett Middle School	Public	6-8	455 8th Street	Bennett	80102	Adams County	Bennett School District No. 29J	No	No	No	No	(303) 644-3234	281	13	21.7	42.7%	111 (39.5%)	3 (1.1%)	147 (52.3%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.3%)	$82,788							17.3	14.6	409	19		080243000093

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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.