Summary:
Zip code 80621 contains just one middle school — Fort Lupton Middle School — which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 438 students in the Fort Lupton area within Weld Re-8 Schools. Because this is the only middle school in the zip code, families do not have another public middle school option in the immediate area, making the school's performance especially important to the community. Fort Lupton Middle School has ranked in the bottom tier of Colorado middle schools for three straight years, earning 0 stars in every reported year. In 2024–25, it ranked 444th out of 469 schools, placing it in the 5th percentile statewide.
Academically, the school is far below both the district and state averages in every subject. In 2025–26, all-grades ELA proficiency was 9.6%, compared with 21.3% for Weld Re-8 Schools and 44.7% for the state. Sixth-grade math proficiency was just 6.8%, versus 9.4% districtwide and 32.7% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern, with 38.2% of students chronically absent — 9.8 percentage points above the state average and 5.1 points above the district. About 62.79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. The student-teacher ratio is 15.1 to 1.
The data does not show a story of turnaround. The school's percentile ranking has bounced from 2nd to 7th to 5th, and all-grades ELA proficiency slipped from 13.5% in 2024–25 to 9.6% in 2025–26. High absenteeism and poverty-related challenges likely play a significant role in the low proficiency rates, and the school likely needs wraparound supports, attendance strategies, and foundational academic help. With no other middle school in 80621, improving Fort Lupton Middle School is a community priority.
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