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
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%)	$11,181							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%)	$11,193							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%)	$13,375							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%)	$15,112							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%)	$17,736							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%)	$8,876							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%)	$16,071							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%)	$16,311							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%)	$14,188							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

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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.