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Heath Middle School
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Heath Middle School
Heath Middle School operates as a moderately sized junior high in GREELEY, Colorado, overseen by GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta. Current enrollment sits at 499 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Across the 34 schools in GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta (22,917 students total), Heath Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Heath Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% White, 5% Asian, 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.
In terms of school funding signals, Heath Middle School records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Heath Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Weld County's rate of about 47%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heath Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.8%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Weld County shows median household income runs about $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Weld County's 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), Heath Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Maplewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heath Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 17.3%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 20% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Heath Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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