Best Middle Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

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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
221	Fowler Junior High School	Public	7-8	601 West Grant	Fowler	81039	Otero County	Fowler School District No. R4J	No	No	No	No	(719) 263-4224	58	5	11.9	60.3%	44 (75.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	$00							44.4	50.9	201	20		080411000567
222	Estes Park Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Manford Avenue	Estes Park	80517	Larimer County	Estes Park School District R-3	No	No	No	No	(970) 586-4439	163	15	10.6	42.3%	102 (62.6%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (34.4%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$18,807							44.2	40.4	248	26		080381000499
223	Homestake Peak School	Public	PK, KG-8	750 Eagle Road	Avon	81620	Eagle County	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 328-2940	421	41	10.3	57.7%	110 (26.1%)	3 (0.7%)	296 (70.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$18,462							44	35.9	273	50		080354001478
224	Eaton Middle School	Public	6-8	601 1st Street	Eaton	80615	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 454-3358	485	32	15.3	32.6%	344 (70.9%)	3 (0.6%)	129 (26.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$11,543							43.9	39.7	255	31		080360000475
225	North Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1175 Birch Street	Gilcrest	80623	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 350-4201	248	19	13.3	66.9%	77 (31.0%)	2 (0.8%)	163 (65.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$18,251							43.9	33.6	289	64		080420000577
226	Woodland Park Middle School	Public	7-8	600 E Kelleys Road	Woodland Park	80863	Teller County	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	No	(719) 686-2200	195	18	10.6	39.5%	140 (71.8%)	1 (0.5%)	38 (19.5%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.2%)	$17,629							43.9	61.1	149	77		080738001268
227	Soaring Eagles Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	4710 Harrier Ridge Drive	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 540-4000	764	42	18.4	62.6%	159 (20.8%)	120 (15.7%)	373 (48.8%)	25 (3.3%)	4 (0.5%)	7 (0.9%)	76 (9.9%)	$13,814							43.8	54.7	186	41		080453001965
228	Horizon Middle School	Public	6-8	1750 Piros Drive	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 495-5210	773	48	16.2	54.1%	308 (39.8%)	51 (6.6%)	271 (35.1%)	26 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	116 (15.0%)	$54,226							43.1	38.9	259	31		080387001393
229	Falcon Middle School	Public	6-8	9755 Towner Avenue	Peyton	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 495-5232	866	51	16.8	31.8%	538 (62.1%)	32 (3.7%)	202 (23.3%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	80 (9.2%)	$10,775							43	40.7	244	15		080387000506
230	Harrison School	Public	K-8	920 Field Avenue	Canon City	81212	Fremont County	Fremont Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 276-5970	472	37	12.6	71.0%	364 (77.1%)	4 (0.8%)	80 (16.9%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$17,913							42.6	29.8	312	82		080279000173

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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.