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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Denver County, Colorado

30 public middle schools in Denver County, Colorado appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. West Middle School leads the list at 95.7%, against a median of 78.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Denver County, Colorado

Top % FRL

95.7%

Median % FRL

78.8%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	West Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	188	95.7%
2	KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	301	93.7%
3	Montbello Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	315	91.7%
4	Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	411	91.7%
5	Compass Academy	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	200	91.5%
6	Kepner Beacon Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	467	89.9%
7	Rocky Mountain Prep Federal	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	376	88.0%
8	Rocky Mountain Prep Noel	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	287	87.8%
9	Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	154	87.0%
10	DSST: College View Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	446	86.3%
11	DSST: Cole Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	282	86.2%
12	Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	379	83.6%
13	KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	464	80.8%
14	DSST: Elevate Northeast Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	451	80.7%
15	DSST: Green Valley Ranch Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	482	79.9%
16	Bear Valley International School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	313	77.6%
17	DSST: Montview Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	463	76.9%
18	Lake Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	592	75.8%
19	Manual Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	257	71.2%
20	DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	468	68.8%
21	Hamilton Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	775	67.4%
22	Grant Beacon Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	339	65.5%
23	Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	651	51.9%
24	DSST: Cedar Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	485	50.5%
25	Skinner Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	673	41.0%
26	Merrill Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	611	39.1%
27	Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	223	30.9%
28	Morey Middle School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	479	29.0%
29	McAuliffe International School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	1,329	27.5%
30	Denver Green School Northfield	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	558	24.0%

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