Carmody Middle School

Located at 2050 S KIPLING STREET, in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Carmody Middle School is a moderately sized junior high that educates 550 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Carmody Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Carmody Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carmody Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 31.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Carmody Middle School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Green Gables Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carmody Middle School. On composite proficiency, Carmody Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Carmody Middle School's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 550). White enrollment moved from 54% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.