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Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside

Public, Charter Grades 6-8

442^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 469 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 6% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside is a small public middle school in Denver, CO, serving 154 students in grades 6–8 within School District No. 1, a district ranked 71st out of 115 Colorado districts. The school serves a very high-poverty population, with 87% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and it has an unusually low student-teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1. However, the school faces severe challenges: it received 0 stars and ranked 442nd out of 469 Colorado middle schools, placing it at the 6th percentile statewide — a significant decline from a decade ago.

Academically, Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside is among the lowest-performing middle schools in its area. In the 2025–26 school year, only 15.6% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, versus 42.5% districtwide and 44.7% statewide. Math proficiency was even lower at 7.5%, compared to 35.0% district and 37.3% state averages, while 8th-grade science proficiency stood at 11.1%. Nearby schools show dramatically higher results: McAuliffe International posts 73.9% ELA and 75.1% math, Morey Middle reaches 81.6% ELA and 76.0% math, and Skinner Middle achieves 67.6% ELA and 55.3% math. Even peers with similar poverty levels, like Manual Middle (30.3% ELA, 14.7% math), perform meaningfully better.

The most urgent concern is attendance. Nearly 6 in 10 students (59.4%) were chronically absent in 2024–25 — more than twice the state rate and the highest among all nearby schools — and the problem is worsening, up from 52.4% the year before. The school's very low student-teacher ratio of 9.6 means more adults per student than at almost any comparable school, yet that advantage is not translating into academic gains. Math has been a persistent weakness, never exceeding 11.4% proficiency in available data. Recent trends are moving in the wrong direction, with a sharp drop in scores and the school's ranking falling to its lowest point ever. Addressing attendance appears to be the single highest-leverage intervention, alongside a focus on math and literacy instruction.

154

Students ?

9.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,962

Per pupil spending ?

87%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4735 Pecos St
Denver, CO 80211-3709

(720) 723-2000

District: School District No. 1

Students who attend Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside usually attend:

High:

North High School

Feeder schools for Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside:

Elementary:	Beach Court Elementary School
	Bryant Webster Dual Language Ece-8 School
	Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning
	Columbian Elementary School
	More...
	Edison Elementary School
	Trevista at Horace Mann

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

71.4%

African American:

18.8%

White:

3.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (11% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (59% vs 28% Colorado)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg38%

Colorado avg41%

442^nd of 469

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 26 pts since 2016

From bottom 32% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^th of 29Middle Schools in the School District No. 1

71^st of 115School District No. 1 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	10.5	442 of 469	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.8	394 of 469	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	389 of 485	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	439 of 480	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	393 of 448	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	421 of 458	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.2	376 of 418	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.1	365 of 424	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.7	272 of 400	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	37.9	261 of 436	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2014	23.2	371 of 461	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	39.8	289 of 454	36.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	53.5	5 of 20	75.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2024	24.3	252 of 350	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	325 of 352	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.9	280 of 315	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2024	11.5	329 of 357	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	293 of 343	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.4	287 of 317	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2019)75th percentile+67 vs school

Female (2024)28th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2024)8th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts16%-29 vs state

Science11%-24 vs state

Math8%-30 vs state

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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	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 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside	Public, Charter	6-8	4735 Pecos St	Denver	80211	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 723-2000	154	16	9.6	87.0%	6 (3.9%)	29 (18.8%)	110 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (1.9%)	10.5	442^nd of 469 public middle schools	5.8%		16.8	394^th of 469 public middle schools	16.0%	48			16.3	10.5	18.5	15.6			11.9			7.5		11.1	$18,962
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%)	87.3	47^th of 469 public middle schools	90.0%		82.4	62^nd of 469 public middle schools	86.8%	15			63.5	72.0	68.5	67.6			48.0	58.0	64.3	55.3		71.3	$16,694
DSST: Cole Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	3240 Humboldt Street	Denver	80205	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 524-6354	282	24	11.8	86.2%	10 (3.5%)	64 (22.7%)	197 (69.9%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.4%)	11.1	439^th of 469 public middle schools	6.4%		12	430^th of 469 public middle schools	8.3%	9			7.1	23.3	18.8	16.3			8.1	8.2	11.3	9.2		17.5	$13,612
Manual Middle School	Public	6-8	1700 E. 28th Ave.	Denver	80205	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-6550	257	18	14.0	71.2%	45 (17.5%)	90 (35.0%)	99 (38.5%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.4%)	23	340^th of 469 public middle schools	27.5%		21.5	348^th of 469 public middle schools	25.8%	8			28.1	21.4	40.3	30.3			19.3	5.3	19.0	14.7		23.3	$20,830
Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	1820 Lowell Blvd	Denver	80204	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-0260	592	41	14.5	75.8%	44 (7.4%)	55 (9.3%)	462 (78.0%)	5 (0.8%)	11 (1.9%)	8 (1.4%)	7 (1.2%)	14.2	416^th of 469 public middle schools	11.3%		19.8	368^th of 469 public middle schools	21.5%	48			18.3	30.3	13.4	20.2			12.9	19.5	11.6	14.5		10.4	$20,751
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%)	97	11^th of 469 public middle schools	97.7%		97.8	9^th of 469 public middle schools	98.1%	2			76.8	87.2	81.9	81.6			77.8	75.6	73.9	76.0		66.4	$16,610
West Middle School	Public	6-8	951 Elati St	Denver	80204	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-5460	188	16	11.9	95.7%	6 (3.2%)	17 (9.0%)	160 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)								(n/a)															$26,634
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%)	80.2	78^th of 469 public middle schools	83.4%		76.3	94^th of 469 public middle schools	80.0%	16			57.1	81.2	72.5	69.8			31.2	47.8	67.6	48.1		55.9	$13,673
Global Intermediate Academy	Public	4-8	7480 Conifer Road	Denver	80221	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 853-1930	346	18	19.2	80.3%	17 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	324 (93.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	16.2	400^th of 469 public middle schools	14.7%		11.2	434^th of 469 public middle schools	7.5%	34	18.8	24.5	23.6	31.5	16.4	23.2	20.8	14.3	20.0	11.0	15.1	15.8	8.2	12.5	$15,949
North Arvada Middle School	Public	6-8	7285 Pierce Street	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0528	464	27	17.3	66.8%	183 (39.4%)	16 (3.4%)	223 (48.1%)	12 (2.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	21.8	351^st of 469 public middle schools	25.2%		21.1	353^rd of 469 public middle schools	24.7%	2			16.4	31.0	25.2	23.7			13.1	22.2	21.8	18.7		29.8	$17,299

Frequently Asked Questions about Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside

What is the racial makeup of Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside?

Students at Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside are 71% Hispanic, 19% African American, 4% White, 3% American Indian, 2% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside?

In the 2024-25 school year, 154 students attended Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside.

What district is Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside in?

School District No. 1

What high school do graduates of Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside attend?

Students who attend Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside usually go on to attend North High School

Is Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside a good school?

Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside ranks in the bottom 5.8% of Colorado middle schools.

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