Creighton Middle School

Set in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Creighton Middle School is a sizable middle-grades school, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It serves 741 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 60% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Creighton Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Creighton Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Creighton Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Creighton Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Creighton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Miller Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Creighton Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Creighton Middle School's enrollment has climbed 17% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 741). Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.