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Best kept secret on campus at Everitt Middle School?
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Enrollment
456
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000720
Everitt Middle School
3900 KIPLING STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033 · (303) 982-1580 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
258 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 158 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 36% |
Student demographics
60%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
39.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 21.4% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
Where Everitt Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #144 of 241 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #131 of 244 | #16 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #140 of 246 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #141 of 278 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #100 of 227 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #46 of 227 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #101 of 246 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #37 of 55 | #8 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
456
-90 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 456 | 29.3 | 15.6:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 62% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 33.8 | 15.2:1 | 66% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 65% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 28.2 | 15.5:1 | 69% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 66% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 60% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 20% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 30 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Everitt Middle School.
About Everitt Middle School
Federal records list Everitt Middle School as a middle-grades school in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado. There are 456 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is the district for Everitt Middle School. It has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at Everitt Middle School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Jefferson County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.6:1 is based on 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 32%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Everitt Middle School is 3.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.2%. Predicted: 32.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $110,656 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 168 public schools serve about 74,739 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Wheat Ridge High School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Everitt Middle School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Everitt Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 456, down from 546 in 2020-21.
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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 WHEAT RIDGE
- Wheat Ridge High SchoolHigh · 932 students
- Prospect Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Peak Expeditionary - PenningtonElementary · 316 students
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Norma Anderson Early Learning CenterElementary · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Wheat Ridge High School0.5 mi · 932
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School0.7 mi · 288
- Peak Expeditionary - Pennington0.7 mi · 316
- Norma Anderson Early Learning Center0.9 mi · 112
- Prospect Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 583
- Mountain Phoenix Community School1.0 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Everitt Middle SchoolHow many students attend Everitt Middle School?
Everitt Middle School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Everitt Middle School serve?
Everitt Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Everitt Middle School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Everitt Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Everitt Middle School?
Student demographics at Everitt Middle School are roughly 47% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Everitt Middle School public or private?
Everitt Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.