Best Middle Schools in Colorado

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Colorado, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	American Academy	Castle Pines, CO	2,559	62%
2	The Classical Academy Charter	Colorado Springs, CO	1,874	64%
3	McAuliffe International School	Denver, CO	1,487	65%
4	Campus Middle School	Greenwood Village, CO	1,331	66%
5	Soaring Heights PK-8	Erie, CO	1,242	75%
6	Bromley East Charter School	Brighton, CO	1,237	67%
7	Cimarron Middle	Parker, CO	1,116	63%
8	Fox Ridge Middle School	Aurora, CO	1,077	71%
9	Chinook Trail Middle School	Colorado Springs, CO	1,067	67%
10	The Vanguard School (Elementary)	Colorado Springs, CO	1,058	67%
11	Leman Classical Academy	Parker, CO	1,043	63%
12	Three Creeks K-8	Arvada, CO	1,026	69%
13	Rocky Top Middle School	Thornton, CO	1,001	62%
14	New Vision Charter School	Loveland, CO	998	64%
15	Westlake Middle School	Broomfield, CO	909	66%
16	Ben Franklin Academy	Highlands Ranch, CO	893	62%
17	Denver Language School	Denver, CO	882	69%
18	Infinity Middle School	Aurora, CO	856	65%
19	Bear Creek Elementary School	Monument, CO	849	68%
20	William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School	Denver, CO	828	62%
21	Ranch View Middle School	Highlands Ranch, CO	822	71%
22	Lincoln Charter Academy	Arvada, CO	809	69%
23	Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School	Colorado Springs, CO	803	64%
24	Pine Lane Elementary	Parker, CO	791	63%
25	Sierra Middle School	Parker, CO	779	72%
26	Flagstaff Charter Academy	Longmont, CO	772	63%
27	Foundations Academy	Brighton, CO	767	66%
28	Slavens K-8 School	Denver, CO	752	75%
29	Aspen Creek K-8 School	Broomfield, CO	748	69%
30	Castle Rock Middle School	Castle Rock, CO	748	71%
31	Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	Fort Collins, CO	748	77%
32	STEM Lab	Northglenn, CO	743	69%
33	Erie Middle School	Erie, CO	731	65%
34	Webber Middle School	Fort Collins, CO	729	61%
35	Severance Middle School	Windsor, CO	725	68%
36	Lesher Middle School	Fort Collins, CO	723	63%
37	World Compass Academy	Castle Rock, CO	711	64%
38	Mountain Ridge Middle School	Colorado Springs, CO	705	69%
39	North Star Academy	Parker, CO	683	71%
40	Milliken Middle School	Milliken, CO	682	68%
41	Prairie Crossing Elementary School	Parker, CO	679	69%
42	Clear Sky Elementary	Castle Rock, CO	675	69%
43	Janitell Junior High School	Fountain, CO	663	66%
44	Westview Middle School	Longmont, CO	652	62%
45	Mammoth Heights Elementary	Parker, CO	649	67%
46	Parker Performing Arts	Englewood, CO	639	72%
47	Firestone Charter Academy	Firestone, CO	637	71%
48	Swallows Charter Academy	Pueblo West, CO	629	62%
49	New Summit Charter Academy	Colorado Springs, CO	628	73%
50	Merrill Middle School	Denver, CO	623	65%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Colorado?

The largest middle school in Colorado is American Academy in Castle Pines with 2,559 students and a 62% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Colorado?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Colorado by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.