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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School?
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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006618
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School
8499 EAST STOLL PLACE, DENVER, CO 80238 · (303) 802-4120 · Denver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Colorado public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
322 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 156 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
39.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.0pp 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 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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 16.5% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School this school | 468 | 68.8% | 25.3% |
| Hamilton Middle School DENVER | 775 | 67.4% | 18.9% |
| Columbia Middle School AURORA | 636 | 75.6% | 19.2% |
| DSST: Elevate Northeast Middle School DENVER | 451 | 80.7% | 20.8% |
| Horizon Middle School AURORA | 714 | 59.4% | 21.6% |
| Panorama Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 339 | 84.7% | 15.1% |
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 DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #161 of 241 | #12 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #150 of 244 ▲ 19 | #12 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #142 of 246 ▲ 21 | #10 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #134 of 278 | #11 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #63 of 227 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #64 of 227 | #15 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #60 of 246 | #20 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #51 of 55 | #14 of 14 |
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
468
-2 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 468 | 32.7 | 14.3:1 | 69% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 31.1 | 14.9:1 | 71% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 33.1 | 14.4:1 | 74% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 69% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 28.4 | 16.2:1 | 63% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 54% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (460 to 468); teachers up 15% (28.4 to 32.7).
About DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School serves students in DENVER, Colorado, as a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 468 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Denver Public Schools, which runs DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School, has 198 schools and 90,471 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School, at 62%. Other students are 18% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Denver County residents. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. On average, middle schools in Colorado have 15.9:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is 69%.
The allk12 Grade for DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is C+. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.0%. DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School scores 25.3%.
Census estimates describe Denver County this way: the median household income is $94,718, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Denver County has 206 public schools and roughly 91,233 students.
Willow Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is run as a public charter school.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (470) to 2024-25 (468).
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Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Elementary School0.0 mi · 596
- Northfield High School0.6 mi · 2,137
- DSST: Conservatory Green High School0.7 mi · 556
- Victory Preparatory Academy High State Charter School1.1 mi · 118
- Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School1.1 mi · 166
- Stars Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About DSST: Conservatory Green Middle SchoolHow many students attend DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School?
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School serve?
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School.
How diverse is DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School?
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School reports a student body of 11% White, 62% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School public or private?
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.