Summary:
Zip code 80542 is served by a single middle school, Mead Middle School, part of the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, which covers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 571 students in this area. Because there is only one middle school, families have no local public school choice, making Mead Middle School the sole provider of middle-level education in the community.
Mead Middle School is a consistently high-performing school, earning a 4-star rating for three straight years and ranking in the 84th–87th percentile statewide among roughly 470 Colorado middle schools. Student proficiency on CMAS tests far exceeds both the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J and the state in every subject. For example, in 2025–2026, 61.1% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (compared to 44.7% statewide), 56.5% were proficient in math (versus 37.3% statewide), and 57.9% of 8th graders were proficient in science (versus 35.4% statewide). The school has shown notable year-over-year improvement, especially in 8th-grade science, which jumped 8.3 points, and in math overall, which rose 3.2 points. Grade-level trends are also encouraging: math proficiency climbs from 50.0% in 6th grade to 68.6% in 8th grade, and ELA proficiency steadily increases from 54.6% to 65.7% across the same grades.
The school also benefits from a relatively low-poverty population, with 26.97% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. Chronic absenteeism is 21.8%, which is lower than the district (23.1%) and state (28.4%) but still affects more than one in five students. The most recent dropout rate available is just 0.3%, far below the state's 1.6%, indicating strong student engagement. Overall, Mead Middle School sets a high bar for academic achievement in the area, offering stable, above-average performance with particular strengths in math and science as students progress through the grades.
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