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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000712
Drake Junior High School
12550 WEST 52ND AVENUE, ARVADA, CO 80002 · (303) 982-1510 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-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
19.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
189 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 | 327 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 342 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 333 | 33% |
Student demographics
37%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
53.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 48.4% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Drake Junior High School
Drake Junior High School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Junior High School this school | 1,002 | 18.9% | 52.4% |
| Sagewood Middle School PARKER | 816 | 17.0% | 44.4% |
| Ranch View Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 829 | 15.8% | 58.7% |
| Eagleview Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 905 | 19.1% | 56.5% |
| Louisville Middle School LOUISVILLE | 626 | 18.5% | 62.9% |
| Cimarron Middle PARKER | 1,052 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
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 Drake Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #45 of 241 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #52 of 244 ▼ 16 | #6 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #72 of 246 ▼ 15 | #9 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #12 of 278 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #218 of 227 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #196 of 227 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #222 of 246 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.9% | #5 of 55 | #2 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
1,002
+75 (+8%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 1,002 | 51 | 19.7:1 | 19% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 982 | 49.9 | 19.7:1 | 23% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 957 | 46.1 | 20.8:1 | 25% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 927 | 45 | 20.6:1 | 23% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 32 | 21.4:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 19% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 10% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 36 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drake Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 49% (673 to 1,002); teachers up 50% (34 to 51).
About Drake Junior High School
Drake Junior High School is a middle school in ARVADA, Colorado, reachable at (303) 982-1510. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 1,002 students. The average for middle schools in Colorado is about 462 students, so this school is 117% above average.
Drake Junior High School is one of the 148 schools that make up Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students in total).
Drake Junior High School's enrollment is 78% White. Next come 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share in Jefferson County as a whole is similar, at about 80%. By the diversity index, Drake Junior High School comes in at 37%.
The school employs the equivalent of 51 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.7:1. Among middle schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. Public schools in Jefferson County average 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Drake Junior High School is B+. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Drake Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.4%; the prediction is 55.3%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 168 and enroll about 74,739.
The nearest public school is Vanderhoof Elementary School, at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Drake Junior High School is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Drake Junior High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Drake Junior High School went from 927 students to 1,002.
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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 ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Lincoln Charter AcademyElementary · 824 students
- Arvada High SchoolHigh · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Vanderhoof Elementary School1.2 mi · 403
- Norma Anderson Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 112
- Mountain Phoenix Community School1.5 mi · 533
- Arvada West High School1.6 mi · 1,923
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School1.6 mi · 288
- Fremont Elementary School1.7 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Drake Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Drake Junior High School?
Drake Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
Is Drake Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Drake Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Drake Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Drake Junior High School is approximately 19.7:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Drake Junior High School?
At Drake Junior High School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Drake Junior High School?
Drake Junior High 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.