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Best kept secret at Falcon Creek Middle School?
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Enrollment
701
Middle
DISTRICT 928 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001672
Falcon Creek Middle School
6100 SOUTH GENOA STREET, AURORA, CO 80016 · (720) 886-7600 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Colorado public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
253 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 222 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 34% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
49.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
38.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 36.2% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Falcon Creek Middle School
Falcon Creek Middle School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Creek Middle School this school | 701 | 36.1% | 44.2% |
| Thunder Ridge Middle School AURORA | 1,106 | 37.0% | 37.3% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 690 | 35.2% | 46.6% |
| Merrill Middle School DENVER | 611 | 39.1% | 59.8% |
| Skyview Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 862 | 44.0% | 38.1% |
| Mandalay Middle School WESTMINSTER | 443 | 39.3% | 37.6% |
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 Falcon Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #72 of 241 | #11 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #75 of 244 ▲ 1 | #10 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #88 of 246 ▼ 3 | #12 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #56 of 278 | #14 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #62 of 227 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #32 of 227 | #11 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #164 of 246 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #57 of 169 | #8 of 18 |
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
701
-133 (-16%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 1,413
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 701 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 36% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 43.4 | 16.3:1 | 37% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 41.5 | 16.5:1 | 31% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 40 | 20.9:1 | 29% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 925 | 47.4 | 19.5:1 | 27% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 931 | 47 | 19.8:1 | 25% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 1,079 | 60 | 18.0:1 | 21% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 1,413 | 80 | 17.7:1 | 5% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falcon Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (925 to 701); teachers up 3% (47.4 to 49).
About Falcon Creek Middle School
Falcon Creek Middle School is a large middle school that serves part of AURORA, Colorado. Federal data show 701 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Colorado enroll around 462, and this school is 52% above that mark.
Enrollment across the 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District totals 52,099 students.
The student body at Falcon Creek Middle School is 55% White. The school is also 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The school had 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 36%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 14 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Falcon Creek Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Colorado public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.8%.
In Arapahoe County, home to about 659,844 people, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Falcon Creek Middle School shares Arapahoe County with 175 other public schools.
The closest school to Falcon Creek Middle School is Heritage Heights Academy, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Falcon Creek Middle School's average proficiency of 44.2% compares with 46.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Falcon Creek Middle School had a net loss of 133 students, or 16%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.9:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in AURORA
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Heights Academy0.3 mi · 539
- Rolling Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 499
- Timberline Elementary School0.8 mi · 478
- Grandview High School1.1 mi · 2,684
- Peakview Elementary School1.2 mi · 447
- Outback Preschool1.4 mi · 81
Frequently asked questions
About Falcon Creek Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Falcon Creek Middle School?
Falcon Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Falcon Creek Middle School serve?
Falcon Creek Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Falcon Creek Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Falcon Creek Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Falcon Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Falcon Creek Middle School are roughly 55% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Falcon Creek Middle School in?
Falcon Creek Middle School is part of Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.