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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 80022

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At a glance

Schools

1,653

Students

Districts

Top rankedVictory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School281^st of 469 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Otho E Stuart Middle School up 15 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Adams City Middle School 11.9 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 80022 in Commerce City, Colorado is served by four middle schools — Otho E Stuart Middle School, Kearney Middle School, Adams City Middle School, and Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School — spanning grades 6–8 across three districts: School District 27J, School District N. 14, and State Charter School Institute, with a combined enrollment of 1,653 students and high poverty levels averaging 78.7% free/reduced lunch.

Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is the clear academic standout, ranking 281st out of 469 middle schools (40th percentile) with a 2-star rating, and it leads the group in ELA (35.4%) and Math (28.5%) proficiency — its Math rate is more than double the next closest school. This is especially noteworthy given that Victory serves an 85.5% free/reduced lunch population and has the highest student-to-teacher ratio (28.3) in the group. Otho E Stuart Middle School is the largest school with 794 students and the lowest poverty rate (52.6%), yet it trails Victory in both ELA (27.4%) and Math (11.7%), though it leads in 8th grade Science (17.5%). Kearney Middle School and Adams City Middle School, both in School District N. 14 — ranked 115th out of 115 districts — sit at the bottom of state rankings at the 4th and 1st percentiles, respectively, despite having the lowest student-to-teacher ratios.

The most pressing issues across these schools are severe Math weakness (14.1% average vs. 37.3% statewide), chronic absenteeism (34.9% average vs. 28.4% statewide, with Kearney at 45.5%), and declining performance at Victory Prep, which fell from the 50th to 40th percentile and saw 8th grade Science proficiency drop from 26.2% to 11.9% in one year. Otho Stuart is showing slow improvement, moving from the 14th to 18th percentile over three years, while the two District N. 14 schools remain anchored to the bottom. On a positive note, dropout rates at Kearney and Adams City (1.4%) are actually below the state average of 1.6%, indicating students are staying enrolled despite academic challenges.

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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
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	5701 Quebec Street	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 288-6111	166	6	28.3	85.5%	10 (6.0%)	1 (0.6%)	152 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	33.8	281^st of 469 public middle schools	40.1%		39.3	248^th of 469 public middle schools	47.1%	33	34.5	36.2	35.7	35.4	36.4	25.5	21.4	28.5	11.9	$14,513
Adams City Middle School	Public	8	4451 East 72nd Avenue	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District N. 14	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 289-5881	296	25	11.9	90.9%	29 (9.8%)	6 (2.0%)	259 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	5.9	463^rd of 469 public middle schools	1.3%		6.1	464^th of 469 public middle schools	1.1%	1			8.7	8.7			5.5	5.5	5.5	$22,572
Kearney Middle School	Public	8	6160 Kearney Street	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District N. 14	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 287-0261	397	30	13.3	85.9%	35 (8.8%)	8 (2.0%)	349 (87.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	9.1	450^th of 469 public middle schools	4.1%		6.3	462^nd of 469 public middle schools	1.5%	12			11.9	11.9			10.7	10.7	10.8	$20,917
Summit Heights Junior High School	Public	7	4451 E 72nd Ave	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District N. 14	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(303) 853-3333	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
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%)	17.9	384^th of 469 public middle schools	18.1%		15.9	399^th of 469 public middle schools	14.9%	15	22.0	38.6	22.2	27.4	5.9	15.4	14.0	11.7	17.5	$14,182

Cities Near Zip Code 80022

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Commerce City	0.42 mi	25	180^th
Denver	2.15 mi	226	138^th
Thornton	3.3 mi	39	141^st
Henderson	4.2 mi	5	171^st
Northglenn	5.62 mi	16	128^th

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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.

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