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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the DSST: Montview Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
463
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006566
DSST: Montview Middle School
2000 VALENTIA STREET, DENVER, CO 80238 · (303) 320-5570 · Denver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
356 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 | 155 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 34% |
Student demographics
65%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
32.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
27.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 26.3% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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: Montview Middle School
DSST: Montview Middle School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSST: Montview Middle School this school | 463 | 76.9% | 29.4% |
| Manual Middle School DENVER | 257 | 71.2% | 19.7% |
| KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School DENVER | 464 | 80.8% | 21.9% |
| DSST: Cole Middle School DENVER | 282 | 86.2% | 16.1% |
| DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School DENVER | 468 | 68.8% | 25.3% |
| DSST: Elevate Northeast Middle School DENVER | 451 | 80.7% | 20.8% |
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: Montview Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #142 of 241 | #10 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #116 of 244 ▼ 5 | #9 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #165 of 246 ▼ 14 | #13 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #139 of 278 | #14 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #117 of 227 | #20 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #24 of 227 | #4 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #44 of 246 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #159 of 169 | #12 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
463
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 463 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 77% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 32.3 | 14.2:1 | 77% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 72% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 64% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 69% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 60% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DSST: Montview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (477 to 463); teachers down 15% (34 to 29).
About DSST: Montview Middle School
DSST: Montview Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in DENVER, Colorado. In all, 463 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Denver Public Schools (198 schools, 90,471 students) runs DSST: Montview Middle School.
Hispanic students account for 41% of enrollment at DSST: Montview Middle School, more than any other group. Other groups include 41% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Denver County residents are about 28% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
A staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.0:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is close to this figure. By family income, 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Denver County, the average is 63%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, DSST: Montview Middle School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
DSST: Montview Middle School scores 29.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 20.1%.
In Denver County, median household income comes to about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 206, with about 91,233 students.
DSST: Montview High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of DSST: Montview Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, DSST: Montview Middle School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place DSST: Montview Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. DSST: Montview Middle School is a publicly funded charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 471 to 463, a small change. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.8 to 16.0 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the DSST: Montview Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- DSST: Montview High School0.0 mi · 562
- William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School0.4 mi · 872
- Ashley Elementary School0.4 mi · 387
- Westerly Creek Elementary0.6 mi · 647
- New Legacy Charter School0.8 mi · 96
- Early Learning Center at New Legacy Charter School0.8 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About DSST: Montview Middle SchoolHow large is DSST: Montview Middle School?
DSST: Montview Middle School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 06-08.
Is DSST: Montview Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
DSST: Montview Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DSST: Montview Middle School have?
DSST: Montview Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at DSST: Montview Middle School?
Student demographics at DSST: Montview Middle School are roughly 8% White, 41% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DSST: Montview Middle School?
DSST: Montview Middle School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.