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DSST: College View Middle School
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DSST: College View Middle School
Located at 3111 W DARTMOUTH AVE, in DENVER, Colorado, DSST: College View Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school that hosts 446 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. DSST: College View Middle School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, DSST: College View Middle School records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DSST: College View Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.9%.
In the surrounding community, Denver County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DSST: College View Middle School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).
The closest other public school is DSST: College View High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DSST: College View Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.5%.
DSST: College View Middle School operates from an urban location. As a public charter, DSST: College View Middle School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DSST: College View Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 452 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.
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