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What's something Coal Ridge Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537001774
Coal Ridge Middle School
6201 BOOTH DRIVE, FIRESTONE, CO 80504 · (303) 833-4176 · Weld County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Colorado public middle schools
- BTest 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
19.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
232 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 229 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 38% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
44.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
35.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 33.2% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Coal Ridge Middle School
Coal Ridge Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Ridge Middle School this school | 727 | 31.9% | 39.7% |
| Centennial Middle School BOULDER | 598 | 33.1% | 52.5% |
| Westlake Middle School BROOMFIELD | 853 | 32.7% | 49.8% |
| Goddard Middle School LITTLETON | 575 | 35.1% | 49.5% |
| Euclid Middle School LITTLETON | 631 | 31.1% | 50.9% |
| Dunstan Middle School LAKEWOOD | 798 | 28.2% | 43.5% |
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 Coal Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #90 of 241 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #84 of 244 ▲ 4 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #108 of 246 ▼ 21 | #6 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #49 of 278 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #217 of 227 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #107 of 227 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #180 of 246 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #135 of 169 | #9 of 12 |
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
727
-89 (-11%) vs 2020
+140% since 2000-01, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 727 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 32% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 763 | 40.5 | 18.8:1 | 30% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 38.9 | 20.6:1 | 32% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 31% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 40.2 | 19.4:1 | 25% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 37 | 20.6:1 | 24% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 38% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 24% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coal Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (781 to 727); teachers down 8% (40.2 to 37).
About Coal Ridge Middle School
At 6201 BOOTH DRIVE in FIRESTONE, Colorado, Coal Ridge Middle School operates as a high-enrollment middle-grades school. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 727 students enrolled. That is 57% larger than the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
District-wide, St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J has 54 schools and 31,607 students.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at Coal Ridge Middle School. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Weld County overall, about 73% of residents are White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Coal Ridge Middle School are from different groups.
Coal Ridge Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. The school's 19.6:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for middle schools in Colorado. The school has 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Weld County is 15 points.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Coal Ridge Middle School outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Coal Ridge Middle School scores 39.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.4%.
Weld County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $97,097 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Weld County number 116, with about 61,274 students.
The closest school to Coal Ridge Middle School is Prairie Ridge Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Coal Ridge Middle School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Coal Ridge Middle School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 11% across 4 years, from 816 in 2020-21 to 727 in 2024-25. The ratio was 20.9:1 in 2020-21 and 19.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Niwot High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Frederick Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Soaring Heights PK-8Elementary · 1,211 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
Other schools in FIRESTONE
- Firestone Charter AcademyElementary · 600 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Prairie Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School0.3 mi · 387
- Firestone Charter Academy0.9 mi · 600
- Centennial Elementary1.2 mi · 525
- Legacy Elementary School3.3 mi · 430
- Carbon Valley Academy3.7 mi · 245
- Frederick Senior High School3.8 mi · 1,491
Frequently asked questions
About Coal Ridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Coal Ridge Middle School?
Coal Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 06-08.
Is Coal Ridge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coal Ridge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Coal Ridge Middle School have?
Coal Ridge Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coal Ridge Middle School?
At Coal Ridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Coal Ridge Middle School?
Coal Ridge Middle School is overseen by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.