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Enrollment
550
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000703
Carmody Middle School
2050 S KIPLING STREET, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227 · (303) 982-8930 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
285 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 21.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carmody Middle School
Carmody Middle School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmody Middle School this school | 550 | 51.8% | 31.7% |
| Angevine Middle School LAFAYETTE | 619 | 49.6% | 38.7% |
| Delta Middle School DELTA | 498 | 55.0% | 30.3% |
| Everitt Middle School WHEAT RIDGE | 456 | 56.6% | 29.2% |
| Boltz Middle School FORT COLLINS | 551 | 49.2% | 38.8% |
| Centennial Middle School MONTROSE | 540 | 53.1% | 31.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carmody Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #127 of 241 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #136 of 244 ▼ 1 | #17 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #126 of 246 ▲ 11 | #14 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #103 of 278 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #154 of 227 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #55 of 227 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #120 of 246 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #40 of 55 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
550
-156 (-22%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 938
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 550 | 32.5 | 16.9:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 34.9 | 16.1:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 39.9 | 15.4:1 | 52% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 49% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 28.5 | 18.7:1 | 52% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 46% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 45% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 836 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 14% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 938 | 45 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmody Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (532 to 550); teachers up 14% (28.5 to 32.5).
About Carmody Middle School
Carmody Middle School is one of the public schools in LAKEWOOD, Colorado. It is a mid-sized middle school. There are 550 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Carmody Middle School is among 148 schools run by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which serves 74,935 students.
The largest group at Carmody Middle School is White students, at 50%. After that, the student body is 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 80% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carmody Middle School scores 59%.
Carmody Middle School has 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.9:1. Middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at Carmody Middle School. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 32%.
Carmody Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Colorado public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Carmody Middle School is 3.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.7% actual, 35.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Carmody Middle School shares Jefferson County with 167 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Carmody Middle School is closest to Green Gables Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Carmody Middle School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Carmody Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 22% over 4 years, reaching 550 in 2024-25.
Carmody Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
- Green Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Bear Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Dunstan Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Green Gables Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
- Kendrick Lakes Elementary School0.9 mi · 443
- Jeffco Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 441
- JeffCo Remote Learning Program1.0 mi · 399
- Westgate Elementary School1.1 mi · 305
- Patterson International School1.2 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Carmody Middle SchoolHow many students attend Carmody Middle School?
Carmody Middle School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 06-08.
Is Carmody Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carmody Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Carmody Middle School have?
Carmody Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carmody Middle School?
At Carmody Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Carmody Middle School in?
Carmody Middle School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.