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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Adams County, Colorado

Across Adams County, Colorado, 20 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Rocky Top Middle School leads the list at 55.7%, against a median of 22.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Adams County, Colorado

Top % Proficient (Reading)

55.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

22.3%

BEST IN READING · ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Rocky Top Middle School	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	1,052	55.7%	no change
2	Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	State Charter School Institute	Middle	166	48.8%	no change
3	Hemphill Middle School	STRASBURG, CO	Strasburg School District 31J	Middle	250	38.8%	▲ 2
4	Century Middle School	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	717	37.0%	▼ 1
5	Rodger Quist Middle School	THORNTON, CO	School District 27J	Middle	855	32.3%	▼ 1
6	Silver Hills Middle School	NORTHGLENN, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	965	30.3%	no change
7	Prairie View Middle School	HENDERSON, CO	School District 27J	Middle	679	28.0%	no change
8	Otho E Stuart Middle School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	School District 27J	Middle	794	28.0%	no change
9	Aurora Science & Tech Middle School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	Middle	448	26.6%	no change
10	Bennett Middle School	BENNETT, CO	Bennett School District No. 29J	Middle	281	23.0%	▲ 1
11	Vikan Middle School	BRIGHTON, CO	School District 27J	Middle	528	21.5%	▲ 4
12	Shaw Heights Middle School	WESTMINSTER, CO	Westminster Public Schools	Middle	321	19.7%	▼ 2
13	Shadow Ridge Middle School	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	632	19.4%	▲ 1
14	Overland Trail Middle School	BRIGHTON, CO	School District 27J	Middle	581	19.0%	▲ 3
15	Global Intermediate Academy	DENVER, CO	Mapleton Public Schools	Middle	346	18.1%	▼ 3
16	Northglenn Middle School	NORTHGLENN, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	672	16.0%	▼ 3
17	Adams City Middle School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	Adams County School District 14	Middle	296	12.6%	▲ 3
18	North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	Middle	565	11.5%	▼ 2
19	Thornton Middle School	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Middle	721	9.8%	no change
20	Kearney Middle School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	Adams County School District 14	Middle	397	9.2%	▼ 2

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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