Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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School	Students/Teachers	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)	Ranking (2025 vs 2024)	ID
1	Challenge School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	9659 East Mississippi Avenue	Denver	80247	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	Yes	No	No	(720) 747-2100	560	35	16.1	17.3%	195 (34.8%)	78 (13.9%)	39 (7.0%)	178 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (12.1%)	$18,099	99.5	99.4	1		080291000763
2	Parker Core Knowledge	Public, Charter	K-8	11661 North Pine Drive	Parker	80138	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 840-7070	705	45	15.6	9.4%	399 (56.6%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (9.6%)	197 (27.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.4%)	$13,769	99.3	99.2	2		080345000812
3	Slavens K-8 School	Public	K-8	3000 South Clayton Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-4150	762	41	18.6	13.3%	591 (77.6%)	29 (3.8%)	71 (9.3%)	13 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (7.5%)	$16,642	99.1	99.1	3		080336001524
4	Hulstrom K-8	Public	K-8	11551 Wyco Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5400	663	37	17.9	11.5%	352 (53.1%)	13 (2.0%)	122 (18.4%)	84 (12.7%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (12.8%)	$16,154	99	97.8	8	4	080690001178
5	Summit Middle Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	4655 Hanover Avenue	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 561-3900	366	22	16.8	13.4%	233 (63.7%)	3 (0.8%)	40 (10.9%)	43 (11.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (12.3%)	$13,229	98.9	98.2	6	1	080249001517
6	Aurora Quest K-8	Public	K-8	472 South Wheeling St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 343-3664	575	30	19.1	42.8%	209 (36.3%)	121 (21.0%)	121 (21.0%)	57 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.5%)	$18,232	98.5	98.8	5	1	080234001674
7	Cherry Creek Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6260 South Dayton Street	Greenwood Village	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 779-8988	594	38	15.6	16.5%	279 (47.0%)	34 (5.7%)	42 (7.1%)	186 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (8.8%)	$14,152	98.1	98.9	4	3	080291001152
8	Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	Public	6-8	3002 East Trilby Road	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5400	762	40	18.8	11.8%	569 (74.7%)	4 (0.5%)	61 (8.0%)	75 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.0%)	$17,024	97.9	95	18	10	080399001849
9	Morey Middle School	Public	6-8	840 East 14th Avenue	Denver	80218	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-0700	479	25	19.1	29.0%	284 (59.3%)	30 (6.3%)	96 (20.0%)	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.4%)	$16,610	97.8	97.1	11	2	080336000386
10	Southern Hills Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Knox Drive	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-3400	502	26	19.3	10.6%	365 (72.7%)	7 (1.4%)	40 (8.0%)	35 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (10.8%)	$20,421	97.5	97.6	9	1	080249000134
11	Challenge to Excellence Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	16995 East Carlson Drive	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 841-9816	551	30	18.4	6.4%	140 (25.4%)	16 (2.9%)	42 (7.6%)	331 (60.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.3%)	$11,940	97.1	96	14	3	080345001874
12	American Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	6971 Mira Vista Lane	Castle Pines	80108	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 292-5200	2,803	158	17.7	6.4%	1,689 (60.3%)	21 (0.7%)	229 (8.2%)	667 (23.8%)	20 (0.7%)	3 (0.1%)	174 (6.2%)	$13,412	97	94.1	21	9	080345001896
13	Liberty Common Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1725 Sharp Point Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 482-9800	1,516	78	19.5		1,235 (81.5%)	14 (0.9%)	101 (6.7%)	75 (4.9%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (5.8%)	$12,510	96.9	97.3	10	3	080399001608
14	Stargate Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14530 Washington Street	Thornton	80023	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 450-3936	1,572	81	19.4	10.4%	748 (47.6%)	16 (1.0%)	168 (10.7%)	470 (29.9%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	156 (9.9%)	$12,768	96.9	94.5	19	5	080690000728
15	William (Bill) Roberts Ece-8 School	Public	K-8	2100 Akron Way	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-2640	872	47	18.7	13.1%	563 (64.6%)	63 (7.2%)	126 (14.4%)	30 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (10.1%)	$16,018	96.8	97.9	7	8	080336006332
16	Platte River Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4085 Lark Sparrow St.	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 221-1070	475	34	14.1	4.0%	321 (67.6%)	6 (1.3%)	36 (7.6%)	61 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.1%)	$10,205	95.9	96.8	12	4	080345001584
17	Denver Green School Northfield	Public	6-8	5677 N Galena St	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 423-8200	558	31	18.1	24.0%	340 (60.9%)	51 (9.1%)	99 (17.7%)	17 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.6%)	$15,858	95.9	96	15	2	080336006790
18	Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1551 Prairie Hawk Drive	Castle Rock	80109	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 660-4881	581	36	16.1	10.5%	440 (75.7%)	5 (0.9%)	71 (12.2%)	24 (4.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.5%)	$11,059	95.1	96.5	13	5	080345000492
19	Denver School of the Arts	Public	6-12	7111 Montview Blvd	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-1700	1,044	52	20.1	15.8%	625 (59.9%)	61 (5.8%)	198 (19.0%)	41 (3.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (9.3%)	$16,478	95	92.8	28	9	080336001574
20	Denver Language School	Public, Charter	K-8	451 Newport Street	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 557-0852	930	58	16.1	20.6%	381 (41.0%)	41 (4.4%)	286 (30.8%)	61 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	158 (17.0%)	$13,312	94.9	82.2	68	48	080336006482
21	D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	10359 W Nassau Avenue	Denver	80235	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-2600	1,212	58	20.8	13.0%	753 (62.1%)	10 (0.8%)	193 (15.9%)	178 (14.7%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	72 (5.9%)	$16,535	94.8	95.6	17	4	080480000964
22	McAuliffe International School	Public	6-8	2540 Holly St	Denver	80207	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-1540	1,329	67	19.7	27.5%	760 (57.2%)	160 (12.0%)	238 (17.9%)	36 (2.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	127 (9.6%)	$15,947	94.6	94.2	20	2	080336006562
23	Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	2510 North Chestnut Street	Colorado Springs	80907	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 434-6566	298	22	13.3	32.9%	216 (72.5%)	3 (1.0%)	55 (18.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.7%)	$11,297	93.7	88.2	45	22	080306006456
24	North Star Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	16700 Keystone Blvd	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 851-7827	684	36	18.9	7.5%	437 (63.9%)	14 (2.0%)	77 (11.3%)	104 (15.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (7.3%)	$14,291	93.6	95.6	16	8	080345002011
25	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%)	$15,921	92.9	90.7	37	12	080480001746
26	Altona Middle School	Public	6-8	4600 Clover Basin Drive	Longmont	80503	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 494-3980	715	39	18.5	23.5%	496 (69.4%)	5 (0.7%)	107 (15.0%)	71 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.0%)	$17,863	92.5	93.6	24	2	080537001886
27	TCA College Pathways	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	12201 Cross Peak View	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	Yes	No	Yes	No	(719) 488-6294	502	22	23.1		388 (77.3%)	13 (2.6%)	53 (10.6%)	19 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$22,919	92.1	86.1	52	25	080192006447
28	Rocky Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	11033 Monarch Boulevard	Littleton	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-3300	1,129	60	18.8	10.3%	782 (69.3%)	18 (1.6%)	125 (11.1%)	122 (10.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (7.0%)	$16,359	92	91.6	33	5	080345001962
29	Ben Franklin Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2270 Plaza Dr	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 383-4519	956	48	19.9	8.3%	730 (76.4%)	6 (0.6%)	113 (11.8%)	35 (3.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (7.1%)	$12,206	91.9	85	56	27	080345006492
30	West Middle School	Public	6-8	5151 South Holly	Greenwood Village	80121	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-5100	1,019	58	17.6	18.1%	701 (68.8%)	19 (1.9%)	156 (15.3%)	51 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	89 (8.7%)	$17,528	91.7	89.1	40	10	080291000207
31	Eldorado K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	3351 South Indiana Street	Superior	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4400	529	32	16.5	15.1%	389 (73.5%)	12 (2.3%)	60 (11.3%)	37 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.9%)	$22,395	91.5	93.2	26	5	080249001771
32	Littleton Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1200 West Mineral Avenue	Littleton	80120	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 798-5252	455	35	12.9	10.8%	329 (72.3%)	8 (1.8%)	47 (10.3%)	33 (7.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (7.5%)	$17,383	91.2	94	23	9	080531001515
33	Steamboat Springs Middle School	Public	6-8	39610 Amethyst Drive	Steamboat Springs	80487	Routt County	Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2	No	No	No	No	(970) 879-1058	440	36	12.2	18.4%	340 (77.3%)	5 (1.1%)	75 (17.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.0%)	$24,487	91.2	90.3	38	5	080666001146
34	Newton Middle School	Public	6-8	4001 East Arapahoe Road	Centennial	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7900	781	40	19.5	12.5%	642 (82.2%)	7 (0.9%)	66 (8.5%)	11 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (6.9%)	$16,012	90.7	91.5	34		080531000885
35	Windsor Charter Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	810 Automation Drive	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 833-5190	395	23	17.2	16.7%	308 (78.0%)	4 (1.0%)	64 (16.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.3%)	$5,546	90.5	85.9	53	18	080735006782
36	Campus Middle School	Public	6-8	4785 South Dayton Street	Greenwood Village	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-2700	1,311	75	17.3	21.6%	722 (55.1%)	53 (4.0%)	184 (14.0%)	245 (18.7%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	98 (7.5%)	$17,473	90.3	93.4	25	11	080291000185
37	Mountain Ridge Middle School	Public	7-8	10590 Mountain Vista Ridge	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-1800	752	46	16.3	14.6%	571 (75.9%)	8 (1.1%)	91 (12.1%)	30 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.8%)	$17,586	90.2	84.3	61	24	080345001747
38	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%)	$16,534	90.2	92.1	31	7	080480000718
39	Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School	Public	6-8	1810 North Gate Blvd	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-1810	821	50	16.5	18.1%	519 (63.2%)	27 (3.3%)	148 (18.0%)	57 (6.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (7.9%)	$12,878	90	87.5	47	8	080192006616
40	Lyons Middle/Senior High School	Public	6-12	100 McConnell Drive	Lyons	80540	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 823-6631	344	24	14.3	26.2%	294 (85.5%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$21,665	89.8	88	46	6	080537000912
41	Meadowlark School	Public	PK, KG-8	2300 Sweet Meadow Lane	Erie	80516	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5104	747	40	18.7	10.3%	503 (67.3%)	16 (2.1%)	76 (10.2%)	73 (9.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (10.3%)	$19,194	89.2	89.9	39	2	080249006716
42	World Compass Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2490 South Perry Street	Castle Rock	80104	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 814-5200	791	48	16.4	15.5%	503 (63.6%)	10 (1.3%)	182 (23.0%)	24 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (9.1%)	$13,663	89.1	76.2	91	49	080345006666
43	STEM School Highlands Ranch	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8773 Ridgeline Drive	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 683-7836	1,394	79	17.6	13.5%	707 (50.7%)	35 (2.5%)	168 (12.1%)	367 (26.3%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	108 (7.7%)	$15,365	89.1	83.9	62	19	080345006493
44	Challenger Middle School	Public	6-8	10215 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3000	696	41	17.1	16.8%	468 (67.2%)	24 (3.4%)	101 (14.5%)	46 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	54 (7.8%)	$13,232	88.7	92.7	29	15	080192000001
45	Mountain Middle School	Public, Charter	4-8	108 West 31st Street	Durango	81301	La Plata County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 828-5600	302	16	18.8		262 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$14,022	88	92.8	27	18	080002006502
46	Compass Community Collaborative School	Public, Charter	6-12	2105 South College Avenue	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 372-4242	179	14	13	17.3%	142 (79.3%)	1 (0.6%)	26 (14.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	$11,882	87.4	88.5	44	2	080399006762
47	Eads Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Maine Street	Eads	81036	Kiowa County	Kiowa County School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(719) 438-2216	44	3	13.5	61.4%	35 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (11.4%)	$12,955	87.4			(n/a)	080351001277
48	DSST: Cedar Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	150 S Pearl Street	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 524-6350	485	36	13.5	50.5%	187 (38.6%)	90 (18.6%)	148 (30.5%)	21 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.4%)	$9,604	86.7	78.5	83	35	080336006572
49	Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics	Public	6-8	290 Manhattan Drive	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-6300	482	29	16.8	31.1%	287 (59.5%)	6 (1.2%)	123 (25.5%)	15 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.0%)	$22,038	86.6	69.4	127	78	080249000104
50	Louisville Middle School	Public	6-8	1341 Main Street	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-7400	626	34	18.6	18.5%	497 (79.4%)	3 (0.5%)	66 (10.5%)	14 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.9%)	$19,258	86.4	90.9	36	14	080249000125
51	The Classical Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	7-8	975 Stout Road	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 484-0091	445	31	14.5	14.2%	362 (81.3%)	6 (1.3%)	37 (8.3%)	16 (3.6%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.5%)	$8,066	86	87	50	1	080192001931
52	Ridgway Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 Green Street	Ridgway	81432	Ouray County	Ridgway School District No. R-2	No	No	No	No	(970) 626-5788	74	7	10.3	25.7%	61 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	$13,758	86	87	49	3	080621006166
53	Redlands Middle School	Public	6-8	2200 Broadway	Grand Junction	81507	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-7000	632	37	17.3	25.3%	532 (84.2%)	4 (0.6%)	64 (10.1%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.5%)	$15,052	85.9	79.7	76	23	080435000205
54	Ranch View Middle School	Public	7-8	1731 Wildcat Reserve Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-2300	829	47	17.6	15.8%	628 (75.8%)	5 (0.6%)	103 (12.4%)	21 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (8.4%)	$16,010	85.7	83.4	64	10	080345001528
55	Peak to Peak Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	800 Merlin Drive	Lafayette	80026	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 453-4600	1,447	82	17.6	17.6%	806 (55.7%)	11 (0.8%)	185 (12.8%)	337 (23.3%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	101 (7.0%)	$14,935	85.5	85.3	55		080249001792
56	Horizons K-8 School	Public, Charter	K-8	4545 Sioux Drive	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 561-5580	358	25	14	17.6%	296 (82.7%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.9%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.5%)	$13,946	84.4	89.1	41	15	080249006199
57	Lesher Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Stover Street	Fort Collins	80524	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3800	766	42	18.2	29.5%	558 (72.8%)	8 (1.0%)	143 (18.7%)	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	$17,469	84.2	77	85	28	080399001408
58	Merrill Middle School	Public	6-8	1551 South Monroe Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-0600	611	36	17.1	39.1%	333 (54.5%)	25 (4.1%)	196 (32.1%)	25 (4.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$18,046	84.1	87.1	48	10	080336000379
59	Three Creeks K-8	Public	K-8	19486 West 94th Avenue	Arvada	80007	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-1140	1,050	60	17.4	6.4%	815 (77.6%)	4 (0.4%)	126 (12.0%)	40 (3.8%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.4%)	$15,801	83.8	75.7	95	36	080480006722
60	Aurora Frontier K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3200 S Jericho Way	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 693-1995	761	46	16.6	61.0%	179 (23.5%)	154 (20.2%)	243 (31.9%)	118 (15.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (8.4%)	$17,567	82.9	75.2	98	38	080234002009
61	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%)	$17,538	82.5	82.1	69	8	080480000913
62	Skinner Middle School	Public	6-8	3435 West 40th Avenue	Denver	80211	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-1420	673	41	16.5	41.0%	330 (49.0%)	23 (3.4%)	275 (40.9%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.1%)	$16,694	82.4	86.4	51	11	080336000403
63	Cresthill Middle School	Public	7-8	9195 Cresthill Lane	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-2800	558	35	15.9	26.0%	356 (63.8%)	13 (2.3%)	117 (21.0%)	34 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.5%)	$19,240	82.3	78.9	80	17	080345006219
64	The Vanguard School (Middle)	Public, Charter	7-8	1832 South Wahsatch	Colorado Springs	80905	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 471-1999	243	17	14.6	35.4%	115 (47.3%)	9 (3.7%)	69 (28.4%)	20 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	29 (11.9%)	$5,629	82.2	84.5	58	6	080453006402
65	Eagleview Middle School	Public	6-8	1325 Vindicator Drive	Colorado Springs	80919	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3400	905	54	16.9	19.1%	625 (69.1%)	27 (3.0%)	154 (17.0%)	15 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	78 (8.6%)	$13,371	82	81.3	72	7	080192001402
66	Ridgeview Classical Schools	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1800 South Lemay Avenue	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 494-4620	721	48	15		600 (83.2%)	8 (1.1%)	50 (6.9%)	15 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.7%)	$14,965	81.9	69.4	126	60	080399001717
67	Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen	Public, Charter	K-8	2959 Royale Elk Way	Evergreen	80439	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 670-1070	350	26	13.3		287 (82.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.7%)	$11,497	81.8	84.6	57	10	080480001812
68	Soaring Heights Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3280 County Road 5	Erie	80516	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 702-8020	1,211	72	16.7	12.6%	891 (73.6%)	10 (0.8%)	178 (14.7%)	65 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (5.4%)	$17,217	81.8	85.3	54	14	080537006739
69	Erie Middle School	Public	6-8	650 Main Street	Erie	80516	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 828-3391	762	38	20.1	15.5%	562 (73.8%)	10 (1.3%)	114 (15.0%)	41 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.5%)	$16,539	81.8	79	79	10	080537000900
70	Thunder Vista P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3461 Preble Creek Parkway	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-2900	725	44	16.4	10.1%	511 (70.5%)	5 (0.7%)	108 (14.9%)	57 (7.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.7%)	$17,262	81.1	77.4	84	14	080690006740
71	Nevin Platt Middle School	Public	6-8	6096 Baseline Road	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5536	483	29	16.8	14.7%	389 (80.5%)	4 (0.8%)	47 (9.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.5%)	$21,532	80.9	74.9	99	28	080249000132
72	Skyview Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6161 Business Center Drive	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 471-8439	1,358	84	16.1	15.1%	735 (54.1%)	31 (2.3%)	184 (13.5%)	274 (20.2%)	9 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	122 (9.0%)	$11,927	80.5	82.8	66	6	080345006455
73	Murphy Creek K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	1400 S Old Tom Morris Road	Aurora	80018	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 366-0579	855	51	16.9	59.9%	235 (27.5%)	194 (22.7%)	275 (32.2%)	59 (6.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	89 (10.4%)	$18,229	80.5	83	65	8	080234001881
74	Mead Middle School	Public	6-8	620 Welker Ave.	Mead	80542	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 535-4446	571	32	17.8	27.0%	406 (71.1%)	4 (0.7%)	132 (23.1%)	10 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.0%)	$18,817	80.4	83.7	63	11	080537000915
75	John Wesley Powell Middle School	Public	6-8	8000 South Corona Way	Littleton	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-7850	509	34	15	25.5%	388 (76.2%)	9 (1.8%)	75 (14.7%)	13 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.3%)	$19,406	80.2	80.4	75		080531001351
76	Telluride Middle School	Public	7-8	721 West Colorado Avenue	Telluride	81435	San Miguel County	Telluride School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 369-4719	124	9	13.4	30.6%	96 (77.4%)	1 (0.8%)	27 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,283	80.1	91.4	35	41	080687001304
77	Flagstaff Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2040 Miller Drive	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 651-7900	725	55	13.1	19.4%	476 (65.7%)	5 (0.7%)	123 (17.0%)	63 (8.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (7.9%)	$14,685	79.9	79.3	78	1	080537001890
78	Eagle County Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1105 Miller Ranch Road	Edwards	81632	Eagle County	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 926-0656	360	23	15.3	13.6%	293 (81.4%)	7 (1.9%)	47 (13.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$13,305	79.8	73.5	106	28	080354000851
79	STEM Lab	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	11700 Irma Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(720) 972-4000	740	41	18.2	30.9%	424 (57.3%)	12 (1.6%)	202 (27.3%)	41 (5.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.8%)	$16,391	79.8	79.3	77	2	080690006468
80	Monarch K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	263 Campus Drive	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4000	698	46	15.3	23.9%	426 (61.0%)	9 (1.3%)	123 (17.6%)	85 (12.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (7.3%)	$21,164	79.5	74.6	100	20	080249001573
81	Golden View Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	601 Corporate Circle	Golden	80401	Jefferson County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 598-6700	737	42	17.3		627 (85.1%)	5 (0.7%)	54 (7.3%)	20 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.7%)	$12,506	79.4	81.9	70	11	080002006639
82	Merit Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	600 E Kelley's Lane	Woodland Park	80863	Teller County	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 480-0939	452	33	13.6	27.0%	380 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (6.0%)	$12,262	78.5	73.4	107	25	080738006844
83	Prospect Ridge Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2555 Preble Creek Pkwy	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 399-0300	1,478	77	19.1	5.9%	949 (64.2%)	11 (0.7%)	196 (13.3%)	219 (14.8%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (6.5%)	$12,225	78.4	84.4	59	24	080690006507
84	Renaissance Secondary School	Public, Charter	6-12	3954 Trail Boss Lane	Castle Rock	80104	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 689-6120	441	27	16.6	17.5%	359 (81.4%)	4 (0.9%)	57 (12.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$15,572	78.4	78.8	82	2	080345006714
85	Centennial Middle School	Public	6-8	2205 Norwood Avenue	Boulder	80304	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5441	598	31	19.3	33.1%	379 (63.4%)	7 (1.2%)	172 (28.8%)	11 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.3%)	$18,969	78.4	73	110	25	080249000108
86	The Connect Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	104 West 7th	Pueblo	81003	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 542-0224	252	15	16.8		96 (38.1%)	1 (0.4%)	139 (55.2%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$9,049	78.3	88.9	43	43	080615000632
87	Carbondale Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1505 Satank Road	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 963-9647	143	13	10.9	37.1%	97 (67.8%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (30.1%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$17,897	78.2	74.4	101	14	080426001505
88	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%)	$16,627	78.1	72.5	116	28	080480001315
89	Kenneth Homyak Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3927 York Street	Dacono	80514	Weld County	Weld re-8 schools	No	No	No	No	(303) 857-3380	311	21	15	18.6%	172 (55.3%)	3 (1.0%)	107 (34.4%)	10 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	13 (4.2%)	$14,504	78.1	92.6	30	59	080402006606
90	Soroco Middle School	Public	6-8	305 South Grant Street	Oak Creek	80467	Routt County	South Routt School District No. Re 3	No	No	No	No	(970) 736-8531	67	4	16.7	20.9%	59 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$00	77.3	94	22	68	080591001013
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%)	$12,665	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%)	$17,647	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%)	$18,787	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%)	$13,673	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%)	$22,251	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%)	$12,179	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%)	$12,839	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%)	$15,793	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%)	$12,384	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%)	$15,203	75.5	76.2	92	8	080690001726

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