Summary:
ZIP code 80030 in Westminster, Colorado contains exactly one middle school: Shaw Heights Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 321 students in the Westminster Public Schools district. As the sole middle school in the area, this single-school profile captures the full educational landscape for families in this ZIP code.
Shaw Heights Middle School faces serious academic challenges. It ranks in the bottom 10% of Colorado middle schools, earning 0 stars in each of the last three reported school years. Math proficiency is critically low at just 7.4%, compared to 17.6% for the district and 37.3% statewide. English Language Arts proficiency stands at 21.4%, well below the state rate of 44.7%, and 8th-grade science proficiency is 14.3% versus 35.4% statewide. More than half of students (50.6%) are chronically absent, compared to 38.9% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 86.6% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
There are some small signs of improvement. ELA proficiency rose from 19.7% to 21.4%, and science proficiency increased from 9.5% to 14.3%. However, math dipped slightly from 7.9% to 7.4%, and the school's rank has remained stuck near the bottom, moving from 440 out of 485 in 2023-2024 to 434 out of 469 in 2025-2026. For parents, the picture is clear: Shaw Heights Middle School is significantly behind both its district and the state in every subject, and the combination of high poverty and chronic absenteeism presents substantial barriers. Sustained intervention will be needed to improve outcomes.
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