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North Valley Middle School

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North Valley Middle School ranks 225 th of 469 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

225^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 469 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 52% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

North Valley Middle School is a public middle school located in Gilcrest, Colorado, serving 231 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1, which is ranked 89 out of 115 school districts in the state.

North Valley Middle School consistently outperforms the district average in CMAS assessments for English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rates (42.6%) were higher than the district (32.8%) and state (44.8%) averages, while its Math proficiency rates (22%) were also higher than the district (20.3%) but lower than the state (35.9%) average. The school's performance in Science for 8th grade (29.5% proficient) was higher than the district (27.1%) but lower than the state (36.4%) average. North Valley Middle School has a strong performance among its Hispanic and Low Socio-Economic Status student subgroups, ranking in the top 70 and 62 out of 218 and 241 Colorado middle schools, respectively, in 2024-2025.

While North Valley Middle School outperforms its district, it lags behind the higher-performing Weld County School District No. Re-7 and St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J schools, such as Platte Valley Middle School, Windsor Charter Academy Middle School, Coal Ridge Middle School, and Mead Middle School. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 24.9% to 27.7% in recent years, which may be impacting overall student performance.

248

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,548

Per pupil spending ?

66.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1175 Birch Street
Gilcrest, CO 80623

(970) 350-4201

District: Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1

Students who attend North Valley Middle School usually attend:

High:

Valley High School

Feeder schools for North Valley Middle School:

Elementary:	Gilcrest Elementary School
	Pete Mirich Elementary School
	Platteville Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.7%

White:

31.0%

Two or more races:

2.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 30th percentile in 2015 → 52nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Colorado median (52nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (32% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Math scores 14 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg27%

Colorado avg40%

225^th of 469

Colorado public middle schools ?

Top 48%▲ up 22 pts since 2015

From bottom 30% (2015) to top 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1

89^th of 115Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	43.9	225 of 469	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.6	289 of 485	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.3	266 of 480	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.5	264 of 448	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.1	217 of 369	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.2	237 of 458	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.1	290 of 418	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	32.5	274 of 424	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	41.8	213 of 400	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	29.4	304 of 436	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	27.7	346 of 461	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	26.5	353 of 454	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	30.5	310 of 425	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	33.6	304 of 422	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.0	275 of 409	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.5	244 of 377	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	47.2	211 of 362	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	45.8	210 of 360	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	46.6	200 of 346	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	30.3	254 of 340	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.4	285 of 336	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	213 of 347	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	213 of 363	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	194 of 326	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.6	221 of 352	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.7	207 of 315	34.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	56.8	70 of 218	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.7	56 of 220	74.5%	★★★★☆
2018	41.7	89 of 165	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	61.4	62 of 241	74.3%	★★★★☆
2019	68.2	47 of 240	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	61.4	61 of 222	72.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	196 of 352	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.2	182 of 357	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	192 of 356	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.2	161 of 343	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	23.9	237 of 317	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	60.5	96 of 286	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.4	117 of 283	58.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)74th percentile+30 vs school

Hispanic (2025)68th percentile+16 vs school

White (2023)66th percentile+22 vs school

Male (2025)44th percentile-8 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts43%~ state avg

Science30%-7 vs state

Math22%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)				CMAS Math (2025)				CMAS Science (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
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%)	43.9	225^th of 469 public middle schools	52.0%		33.6	289^th of 485 public middle schools	40.4%	64	49.4	42.6	33.9	42.6			34.9	22.0	29.5	$16,548
South Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1004 Main Street	Platteville	80651	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 350-4201	143	13	10.9	62.9%	49 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (62.9%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	22.2	344^th of 469 public middle schools	26.7%		14.3	412^th of 485 public middle schools	15.1%	68	35.9	23.1	19.6	25.5	25.6			13.1	23.9	$19,160
Prairie Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	3737 65th Avenue	Evans	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-3600	537	34	15.7	73.7%	106 (19.7%)	18 (3.4%)	380 (70.8%)	21 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.7%)	19	378^th of 469 public middle schools	19.4%		20.7	363^rd of 485 public middle schools	25.2%	15	27.1	31.4	33.5	30.9	10.7	12.2	16.3	13.2	16.9	$19,553
Roosevelt Middle School	Public	6-8	616 N. 2nd Street	Johnstown	80534	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	No	(970) 587-4341	695	43	16.3	29.2%	440 (63.3%)	3 (0.4%)	227 (32.7%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.3%)	39.5	245^th of 469 public middle schools	47.8%		40.4	247^th of 485 public middle schools	49.1%	2	41.7	51.1	42.0	44.5	24.1	21.3	22.7	22.8	33.0	$14,954
Brentwood Middle School	Public	6-8	2600 24th Avenue Court	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-3000	564	31	18.4	74.1%	136 (24.1%)	18 (3.2%)	364 (64.5%)	29 (5.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.0%)	22.1	345^th of 469 public middle schools	26.4%		24.6	344^th of 485 public middle schools	29.1%	1	14.4	36.4	40.9	30.6	12.7	17.7	20.8	17.1	14.1	$17,202
Heath Middle School	Public	6-8	2223 16th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-3400	499	33	15.1	80.4%	73 (14.6%)	19 (3.8%)	371 (74.3%)	26 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	10.5	439^th of 469 public middle schools	6.4%		10.4	449^th of 485 public middle schools	7.4%	10	14.6	16.5	20.9	17.3	8.5	8.8	15.3	10.8	11.0	$19,438
Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	818 35th Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-3200	367	23	16.0	87.7%	45 (12.3%)	11 (3.0%)	286 (77.9%)	17 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	21.1	352^nd of 469 public middle schools	24.9%		20.3	369^th of 485 public middle schools	23.9%	17	20.7	31.9	31.1	28.6	5.8	20.0	26.6	19.1	14.2	$20,301
Coal Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	6201 Booth Drive	Firestone	80504	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 833-4176	727	37	19.6	31.9%	455 (62.6%)	4 (0.6%)	218 (30.0%)	18 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	27 (3.7%)	53.7	187^th of 469 public middle schools	60.1%		52.3	196^th of 485 public middle schools	59.6%	9	36.9	48.9	47.2	44.4	28.0	37.3	40.0	35.3	47.2	$17,104
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%)	80.4	74^th of 469 public middle schools	84.2%		83.7	63^rd of 485 public middle schools	87.0%	11	61.7	71.0	53.9	62.7	46.2	58.6	56.3	53.3	49.6	$18,817
Platte Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	700 Hill Street	Kersey	80644	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-7	No	No	No	No	(970) 336-8610	255	21	12.1	51.8%	147 (57.6%)	2 (0.8%)	98 (38.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	35.8	269^th of 469 public middle schools	42.6%		40.1	251^st of 485 public middle schools	48.2%	18	45.8	49.4	34.6	43.3	23.6	12.9	24.4	20.1	30.5	$21,990

Frequently Asked Questions about North Valley Middle School

What district is North Valley Middle School in?

Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1

What high school do graduates of North Valley Middle School attend?

Students who attend North Valley Middle School usually go on to attend Valley High School

Is North Valley Middle School a good school?

North Valley Middle School ranks 225^th of 469 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of North Valley Middle School?

Students at North Valley Middle School are 66% Hispanic, 31% White, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend North Valley Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 248 students attended North Valley Middle School.

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