Enrollment
381
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537000910
Longs Peak Middle School
1500 14TH AVENUE, LONGMONT, CO 80501 · (303) 776-5611 · Boulder County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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.
- 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
12.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
306 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 5 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 30% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 12.8% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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%.
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 Longs Peak Middle School
Longs Peak Middle School's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longs Peak Middle School this school | 381 | 80.3% | 17.8% |
| Ortega Middle School ALAMOSA | 471 | 78.6% | N/A |
| W H Heaton Middle School PUEBLO | 578 | 81.1% | 17.0% |
| Lamar Middle School LAMAR | 275 | 76.4% | 24.8% |
| Pueblo Academy of Arts PUEBLO | 562 | 85.4% | 9.0% |
| Vikan Middle School BRIGHTON | 528 | 71.0% | 16.2% |
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 Longs Peak Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #202 of 241 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #192 of 244 ▼ 1 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #198 of 246 ▲ 15 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #164 of 278 | #10 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #21 of 227 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #175 of 227 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #40 of 246 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #89 of 169 | #6 of 12 |
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
381
-45 (-11%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 928
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
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 | 381 | 30.5 | 12.5:1 | 80% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 30.5 | 12.5:1 | 79% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 76% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 83% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 30.9 | 14.6:1 | 78% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 75% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 66% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 20% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 928 | 48 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longs Peak Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (452 to 381); teachers down 1% (30.9 to 30.5).
About Longs Peak Middle School
In LONGMONT, Colorado, part of Boulder County, Longs Peak Middle School is a middle school. Its enrollment is 381 students, spread over grades 5 through 8.
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J includes 54 schools. Together they enroll 31,607 students.
Of every 100 students at Longs Peak Middle School, about 72 are Hispanic. The school is also 24% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Longs Peak Middle School scores 42%.
The school has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher. Middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Longs Peak Middle School, 80% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Longs Peak Middle School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Longs Peak Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 17.8% against 18.0%.
In the surrounding county, Boulder County, median household income comes to about $103,994, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 86 public schools and about 42,200 students.
Of the public schools around it, Longs Peak Middle School is closest to Mountain View Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Longs Peak Middle School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.7:1 to 12.5:1.
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Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Niwot High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Frederick Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Soaring Heights PK-8Elementary · 1,211 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
Other schools in LONGMONT
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Mead High SchoolHigh · 1,174 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,082 students
- Twin Peaks Classical AcademyCombined · 879 students
- Timberline PK-8Elementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary School0.1 mi · 321
- Longmont High School0.6 mi · 1,268
- Northridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 318
- St. Vrain LaunchED Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 342
- Sanborn Elementary School1.1 mi · 209
- Central Elementary School1.3 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Longs Peak Middle SchoolHow many students attend Longs Peak Middle School?
Longs Peak Middle School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Longs Peak Middle School serve?
Longs Peak Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Longs Peak Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Longs Peak Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Longs Peak Middle School?
Student demographics at Longs Peak Middle School are roughly 24% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Longs Peak Middle School in?
Longs Peak Middle School is part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
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