Summary:
Zip code 80113 is home to two middle schools—Englewood Middle School (serving grades 7–8) and Englewood Leadership Academy (serving grades 6–9)—both part of Englewood School District No. 1 and sharing the same campus in Englewood, CO.
The clear standout is Englewood Leadership Academy, which earns a 4-star rating and ranks in the 76th percentile of Colorado middle schools. It outperforms its co-located counterpart by massive margins: 55.1% proficiency in English Language Arts versus 28.2%, 34.7% in math versus 16.7%, and 59.4% in science versus 20.9%. It also has much lower chronic absenteeism (23.6% vs. 43.6%) and a lower free/reduced lunch rate (51.8% vs. 72.9%). Meanwhile, Englewood Middle School is a 1-star school ranked in the 25th percentile, with proficiency below district and state averages in every subject. It has shown some improvement—rising from the 10th percentile in 2023-2024 and boosting math scores from 16.7% to 22.2%—but ELA proficiency has slipped to 22.9%.
For parents, the biggest takeaway is that school choice within this same building matters enormously. Englewood Leadership Academy demonstrates that a high-poverty school can still exceed state averages in ELA and science, thanks to better attendance and a different program model. Englewood Middle School faces much tougher challenges: nearly half of its students are chronically absent, and 7th grade math proficiency sits at just 13%. The district rate of chronic absenteeism (40.4%) is well above the state average (28.4%), so improving attendance should be a priority. While no race-based conclusions are drawn here, the socioeconomic and attendance differences between the two schools align closely with their academic outcomes.
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