Mandalay Middle School

Located at 9651 NORTH PIERCE ST, in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, Mandalay Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that teaches 443 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Mandalay Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mandalay Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder consists of 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Mandalay Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mandalay Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 37.6%.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Mandalay Middle School is one.

Semper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mandalay Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mandalay Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mandalay Middle School has expanded 17%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 21% to 32% over that span.

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