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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 80219

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Schools

1,454

Students

Top rankedKepner Beacon Middle School411^th of 476 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Kepner Beacon Middle School up 24 spots statewide this year

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Newly ranked this year

Compass Academy

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Summary:

ZIP code 80219 in Denver, Colorado is served by four middle schools — Kepner Beacon Middle School, Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood, Rocky Mountain Prep Federal, and Compass Academy — all serving grades 6–8 in School District No. 1, an area where 88% to 92% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Kepner Beacon Middle School stands out as the strongest overall performer, with the highest state rank (405 out of 469) and the best math proficiency in the group at 21%. Its 8th-grade math score of 31.1% approaches the district average, and its state ranking improved significantly from 435th to 405th. Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood is the strongest in English Language Arts, posting a 21.8% proficiency rate and the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the group at 37.7%. Rocky Mountain Prep Federal ranks in the middle, with a solid 7th-grade ELA score of 24.7%, but its state ranking has slipped from 380th to 427th over the past two years. Compass Academy is the school of greatest concern: it ranks 460th out of 469 schools, has the lowest test scores in nearly every subject, and two-thirds of its students are chronically absent despite having the smallest class sizes.

Every school in this ZIP code falls far below both district and state proficiency averages. Science is the weakest subject area across the board, with 8th-grade proficiency ranging from just 3.9% to 8.3% compared to a 35.4% state average. Chronic absenteeism is a major challenge — only Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood's 37.7% rate is below the district average of 38.1%, and Compass Academy's 66.7% rate is more than double the state average. The data also shows a clear attendance-achievement connection: Westwood leads in both attendance and reading, while Compass lags in both. On a positive note, where data is available, dropout rates at these middle schools are below the state average. Overall, these schools face concentrated educational challenges tied to poverty and attendance, but Kepner Beacon Middle School's recent math gains show that meaningful improvement is possible.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Rocky Mountain Prep Federal	Public, Charter	6-8	2626 W Evans Ave	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 460-2800	376	24	15.4	88.0%	9 (2.4%)	15 (4.0%)	340 (90.4%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	13.2	434^th of 476 public middle schools	8.8%		14.8	410^th of 469 public middle schools	12.6%	24	15.0	24.7	17.5	18.7	22.0	14.6	8.7	15.1	3.9	$16,494
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood	Public, Charter	6-8	3201 W Arizona Ave.	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 962-9880	411	27	15.2	91.7%	2 (0.5%)	8 (1.9%)	390 (94.9%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	14.1	426^th of 476 public middle schools	10.5%		15.5	405^th of 469 public middle schools	13.6%	21	19.7	30.8	13.9	21.8	19.0	11.5	10.4	13.7	5.0	$14,004
Compass Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	2285 S Federal Blvd	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-0096	200	18	11.0	91.5%	6 (3.0%)	5 (2.5%)	184 (92.0%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7.5	467^th of 476 public middle schools	1.9%					(n/a)	16.7	11.1	11.3	13.1	708.0	712.0	8.5	6.2	5.6	$19,170
Kepner Beacon Middle School	Public	6-8	911 South Hazel Court	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-0027	467	33	14.1	89.9%	16 (3.4%)	26 (5.6%)	409 (87.6%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	16	411^th of 476 public middle schools	13.7%		11	435^th of 469 public middle schools	7.2%	24	15.4	18.2	17.4	17.1	15.7	14.0	31.1	21.0	8.3	$22,149

Cities Near Zip Code 80219

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Denver	0.26 mi	226	138^th
Lakewood	1.17 mi	41	104^th
Englewood	3.41 mi	23	110^th
Edgewater	3.84 mi	3	201^st
Wheat Ridge	5.54 mi	9	88^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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