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DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat 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 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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: Conservatory Green Middle School
Set in DENVER, Colorado, DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is a moderately sized intermediate school, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. It caters to 468 students across grades 6 through 8.
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that caters to 90,471 students overall.
On demographics, DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 18% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 25.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Denver County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is one.
The closest other public school is Willow Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 460 students in 2018 to 468 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 46% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.
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