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Rodger Quist Middle School

Q: Is Rodger Quist Middle School a good school?

Rodger Quist Middle School ranks 234 th of 476 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Rodger Quist Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 855 students attended Rodger Quist Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Rodger Quist Middle School?

Students at Rodger Quist Middle School are 44% Hispanic, 42% White, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Q: What high school do graduates of Rodger Quist Middle School attend?

Students who attend Rodger Quist Middle School usually go on to attend Riverdale Ridge High School

Public Grades 6-8

234^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 476 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 51% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Rodger Quist Middle School serves 855 students in grades 6–8 in Thornton, Colorado, and is part of School District 27J, a district that ranks in the 30th percentile statewide. In the 2025–2026 school year, Rodger Quist earned a statewide rank of 233 out of 469 Colorado middle schools — the 50th percentile — and received 3 stars from SchoolDigger, placing it in the top half of middle schools statewide and making it the highest-ranked middle school in its own district. Nearby same-district schools trail significantly: Overland Trail Middle School sits at the 8th percentile, Otho E Stuart Middle School at the 18th, Vikan Middle School at the 21st, and Prairie View Middle School at the 29th. Among Adams 12 Five Star Schools in the area, only Rocky Top Middle School (73rd percentile) ranks higher.

Academically, the school outperforms its district while trailing the state. On the 2025–2026 CMAS tests, 40.3% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (district: 34.2%, state: 44.7%), and 30.1% were proficient in math (district: 26.8%, state: 37.3%). These numbers are well above nearby averages — Rodger Quist's math proficiency is 30.1% versus 22.7% at Century Middle School and 20.2% at Prairie View. The school also posts strong results for economically disadvantaged students, ranking at the 48th percentile for low-SES students, close to its overall 50th percentile standing.

Rodger Quist also has the second-lowest chronic absenteeism rate (26.6%) among nearby middle schools, behind only Rocky Top (24.4%) and far better than schools like Silver Hills Middle School (47.8%) and Thornton Middle School (62.3%). The school has reported a 0.0% dropout rate in recent years, and its statewide ranking has climbed steadily from the 18th percentile in 2020–2021 to the 50th percentile today, with math proficiency nearly doubling over that span. While it still trails the state average and Rocky Top, Rodger Quist is a clear bright spot in the Thornton and Brighton area.

855

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,601

Per pupil spending ?

38.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13451 Yosemite Street
Thornton, CO 80602-8326

(303) 655-6950

District: School District 27J

Students who attend Rodger Quist Middle School usually attend:

High:

Riverdale Ridge High School

Feeder schools for Rodger Quist Middle School:

Elementary:	Brantner Elementary School
	West Ridge Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.3%

White:

41.5%

Asian:

8.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 38th percentile in 2019 → 51st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2019

✓Among the top-ranked schools in School District 27J

✓Above the Colorado median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (34% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school34%

District avg30%

Colorado avg41%

234^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Top 49%▲ up 13 pts since 2019

From bottom 38% (2019) to top 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5Middle Schools in the School District 27J

79^th of 114School District 27J among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	41.3	234 of 476	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	31.6	303 of 469	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.9	324 of 485	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.1	311 of 480	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.0	305 of 448	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.9	302 of 369	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	285 of 458	37.8%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	2.6	26 of 26	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.7	21 of 21	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	18 of 18	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	15 of 15	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	34.3	221 of 368	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	26.3	248 of 347	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	253 of 350	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	260 of 363	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	239 of 326	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.5	234 of 254	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	243 of 352	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	41.2	105 of 154	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.4	100 of 132	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.1	96 of 126	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.8	77 of 93	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	43.5	103 of 208	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	32.9	146 of 218	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.0	156 of 199	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.5	135 of 198	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.8	130 of 169	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.5	69 of 83	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.3	129 of 220	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	42.7	120 of 231	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.0	145 of 241	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.4	190 of 244	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	155 of 241	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.1	124 of 197	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.5	46 of 114	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.0	151 of 240	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	37.8	199 of 372	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.0	251 of 352	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	263 of 357	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	232 of 356	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.8	244 of 328	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.5	215 of 249	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	213 of 343	37.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	22.2	217 of 278	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.0	232 of 275	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	230 of 273	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	256 of 286	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	242 of 265	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	197 of 203	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	240 of 283	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2026)50th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)48th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)47th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)40th percentile-11 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)32nd percentile-19 vs school

White (2026)22nd percentile-29 vs school

Asian (2025)<1st percentile-35 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts40%-4 vs state

Math30%-7 vs state

Science27%-8 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Saturday, February 5, 2022

The teachers are excellent and have such dedication to the students. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, August 8, 2020

The staff is amazing and the classes and options that they have are incredible. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, November 14, 2019

This school is horrible. There is a culture of violence, racism, bullying and homophobia at this school. The principal, assistant principal and dean are all racist. The school is located in a small good ole boy town mentality bubble, that breeds , support , tolerates , minimizes and provokes racism and homophobia. The students are very violent so there is a subculture of jump mentality, fights being posted to social media and snitches get stitches mob mentality. Racial and homophobic slurs and bullying are a norm amongst students. Discipline is not administered fairly or evenly amongst all students. If you are a student of color , your more likely to get harassed, treated unfairly by staff by way of not believing or taking your side, minimizing offenses committed towards you and giving you harsher consequences than students of non- color. In less than a year my oldest son was suspended for 5 day over a petty non violent offense not involving another person, searched multiple times for drugs, so they racial profile in Riverdale High. My younger son was constantly challenged to fight , called racial and homophobic slurs , suspended twice and had his backpack spat all over on by a young inbred racist pig. All of this seemed to be the norm and well tolerated , even minimized and excused by all school staff. Needless to say I removed my kiddos before the school year even ended and ultimately removed them from the district altogether. These public schools are horrible and not good enough for my kids to attend. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Rodger Quist Middle School	Public	6-8	13451 Yosemite Street	Thornton	80602	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(303) 655-6950	855	46	18.5	38.6%	355 (41.5%)	12 (1.4%)	379 (44.3%)	68 (8.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.4%)	41.3	234^th of 476 public middle schools	50.8%		31.6	303^rd of 469 public middle schools	35.4%	69	41.9	38.4	40.9	40.3	28.0	27.1	35.4	30.1	27.2	$13,601
Shadow Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	12551 Holly Street	Thornton	80602	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5040	632	39	16.3	57.4%	218 (34.5%)	11 (1.7%)	353 (55.9%)	21 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.4%)	11.5	443^rd of 476 public middle schools	6.9%		12.9	424^th of 469 public middle schools	9.6%	19	9.9	20.2	20.2	17.0	6.7	10.4	15.5	10.9	14.8	$16,872
Prairie View Middle School	Public	6-8	12915 East 120th Avenue	Henderson	80640	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(720) 685-5400	679	36	18.7	58.9%	227 (33.4%)	15 (2.2%)	378 (55.7%)	33 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	22 (3.2%)	24	337^th of 476 public middle schools	29.2%		19.7	370^th of 469 public middle schools	21.1%	33	29.6	30.9	26.7	29.1	20.9	17.0	22.9	20.2	21.4	$14,109
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%)	69.9	127^th of 476 public middle schools	73.3%		75.5	100^th of 469 public middle schools	78.7%	27	58.1	59.4	41.8	53.4	47.5	45.8	45.6	46.3	44.4	$15,203
Century Middle School	Public	6-8	13000 Lafayette Street	Thornton	80241	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5240	717	39	18.5	49.5%	309 (43.1%)	10 (1.4%)	307 (42.8%)	43 (6.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.7%)	28.1	316^th of 476 public middle schools	33.6%		34.5	279^th of 469 public middle schools	40.5%	37	32.7	41.7	21.0	31.7	25.2	25.0	17.6	22.7	19.8	$16,969
Vikan Middle School	Public	6-8	879 Jessup Street	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(303) 655-4050	528	40	13.0	71.0%	143 (27.1%)	5 (0.9%)	359 (68.0%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.7%)	19.7	374^th of 476 public middle schools	21.4%		15.5	404^th of 469 public middle schools	13.9%	30	28.5	21.3	18.3	22.7	29.9	12.7	16.2	19.4	17.0	$16,765
Northglenn Middle School	Public	6-8	1123 Muriel Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5080	672	43	15.6	85.3%	128 (19.0%)	7 (1.0%)	469 (69.8%)	45 (6.7%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.2%)	8.1	461^st of 476 public middle schools	3.2%		8.4	451^st of 469 public middle schools	3.8%	10	11.9	19.2	10.7	14.2	706.0	715.0	8.8	6.0	8.8	$17,438
Overland Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	455 North 19th Avenue	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(303) 655-4000	581	40	14.5	70.4%	139 (23.9%)	8 (1.4%)	408 (70.2%)	13 (2.2%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	12.5	437^th of 476 public middle schools	8.2%		10.4	440^th of 469 public middle schools	6.2%	3	18.7	16.1	20.0	18.3	10.2	10.3	14.3	11.7	16.1	$15,714
Silver Hills Middle School	Public	6-8	12400 Huron Street	Northglenn	80234	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5000	965	54	17.9	68.8%	224 (23.2%)	20 (2.1%)	636 (65.9%)	42 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.4%)	22.9	345^th of 476 public middle schools	27.5%		20.1	365^th of 469 public middle schools	22.2%	20	27.9	34.1	22.6	28.3	12.0	20.2	23.5	18.9	21.8	$15,977
Otho E Stuart Middle School	Public	6-8	15955 East 101st Way	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(720) 685-5500	794	44	18.2	52.6%	222 (28.0%)	46 (5.8%)	451 (56.8%)	43 (5.4%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	23 (2.9%)	18	390^th of 476 public middle schools	18.1%		15.9	399^th of 469 public middle schools	14.9%	9	22.0	38.6	22.2	27.4	5.9	15.4	14.0	11.7	17.5	$14,182

Frequently Asked Questions about Rodger Quist Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Rodger Quist Middle School?

Students at Rodger Quist Middle School are 44% Hispanic, 42% White, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Is Rodger Quist Middle School a good school?

Rodger Quist Middle School ranks 234^th of 476 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Rodger Quist Middle School attend?

Students who attend Rodger Quist Middle School usually go on to attend Riverdale Ridge High School

What district is Rodger Quist Middle School in?

School District 27J

How many students attend Rodger Quist Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 855 students attended Rodger Quist Middle School.

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