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Which teacher or staff member at Creighton Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
741
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000708
Creighton Middle School
75 INDEPENDENCE STREET, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 · (303) 982-6282 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- B-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
16.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
402 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 | 230 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 36% |
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
39.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 23.8% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Creighton Middle School
Creighton Middle School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton Middle School this school | 741 | 54.3% | 32.1% |
| Shadow Ridge Middle School THORNTON | 632 | 57.4% | 16.4% |
| Fort Morgan Middle School FORT MORGAN | 749 | 60.2% | 19.3% |
| Carmody Middle School LAKEWOOD | 550 | 51.8% | 31.7% |
| Everitt Middle School WHEAT RIDGE | 456 | 56.6% | 29.2% |
| Angevine Middle School LAFAYETTE | 619 | 49.6% | 38.7% |
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 Creighton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #124 of 241 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #115 of 244 ▲ 6 | #15 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #141 of 246 ▼ 23 | #17 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #45 of 278 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #116 of 227 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #51 of 227 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #107 of 246 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #20 of 55 | #7 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
741
-76 (-9%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 741 | 46.4 | 16.0:1 | 54% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 778 | 46.5 | 16.7:1 | 58% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 46.8 | 17.0:1 | 62% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 47 | 17.4:1 | 57% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 36.7 | 17.3:1 | 57% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 58% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 52% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 25% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 27 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creighton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (636 to 741); teachers up 26% (36.7 to 46.4).
About Creighton Middle School
At 75 INDEPENDENCE STREET in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Creighton Middle School operates as a large middle school. The school reports 741 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 60% bigger than the 462 average for middle schools in Colorado.
Creighton Middle School reports to Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at Creighton Middle School. The remaining students are 38% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 16% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Creighton Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Creighton Middle School employs 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. Creighton Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 54%. That is higher than the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Creighton Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.8% for Creighton Middle School. The school posts 32.1%, 1.7 points below the prediction.
Across Jefferson County, median household income is about $110,656, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Creighton Middle School is among the 168 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest other public school is Miller Special Education, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.3% on proficiency, and Creighton Middle School is below that at 32.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 817 to 741. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.4:1 to 16.0:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- Miller Special Education0.2 mi · 97
- Dennison Elementary School0.3 mi · 575
- Lakewood High School0.8 mi · 1,735
- South Lakewood Elementary School0.8 mi · 393
- Belmar School of Integrated Arts1.1 mi · 293
- Eiber Elementary School1.4 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Creighton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Creighton Middle School?
Creighton Middle School enrolls approximately 741 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Creighton Middle School serve?
Creighton Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Creighton Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Creighton Middle School.
How diverse is Creighton Middle School?
Creighton Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Creighton Middle School?
Creighton Middle School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.