Steamboat Springs Middle School

Steamboat Springs Middle School is a public middle school in the mountain resort community of Steamboat Springs, CO, serving 440 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2, and it is a consistently top-performing school, ranking 35th of 469 Colorado middle schools in 2025-2026 — good for the 93rd percentile and a 5-star rating.

The school's academic strengths are especially visible in math and science. In 2025-2026, 60.1% of students were proficient in math, well ahead of the 47.3% at nearby Soroco Middle School and the statewide 37.3%. By 8th grade, math proficiency reaches 72.5%, and science proficiency is 74.1% — more than double the state average of 35.4%. English Language Arts proficiency is 70%, far above the state's 44.7%, though it has eased slightly from 76.3% in 2022-2023. The school also offers smaller classes, with a 12.2 student-teacher ratio compared with 16.7 at Soroco, and chronic absenteeism of 16.1% is below both the district rate of 17.9% and the state rate of 28.4%.

While the school earns 90th-percentile rankings for both male and female students, and gifted students rank in the 97th percentile, outcomes vary by subgroup: Hispanic students ranked in the 74th percentile in 2024-2025, and the most recent data for students from low-income households showed a 67th-percentile ranking. This points to an opportunity to strengthen support and targeted interventions for these groups. The school's defining strength, however, is stability — it has ranked in the top 10% of Colorado middle schools nearly every year since 2010, with only a brief dip in 2014-2015. For families looking for a dependable, high-achieving middle school in northwest Colorado, Steamboat Springs Middle School is a standout option.