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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mandalay Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001384
Mandalay Middle School
9651 NORTH PIERCE ST, WESTMINSTER, CO 80021 · (303) 982-9802 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Colorado public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
174 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 150 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 36% |
Student demographics
59%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
47.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 30.8% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mandalay Middle School
Mandalay Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandalay Middle School this school | 443 | 39.3% | 37.6% |
| Merrill Middle School DENVER | 611 | 39.1% | 59.8% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 690 | 35.2% | 46.6% |
| Goddard Middle School LITTLETON | 575 | 35.1% | 49.5% |
| Falcon Creek Middle School AURORA | 701 | 36.1% | 44.2% |
| Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics BOULDER | 482 | 31.1% | 54.5% |
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 Mandalay Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #101 of 241 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #108 of 244 ▼ 9 | #14 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #94 of 246 ▲ 17 | #13 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #147 of 278 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #148 of 227 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #52 of 227 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #153 of 246 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #19 of 55 | #6 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. 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
443
-95 (-18%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 443 | 26.3 | 16.8:1 | 39% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 27.8 | 16.7:1 | 45% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 28.4 | 16.8:1 | 47% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 41% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 21.6 | 17.6:1 | 38% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 32% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 10% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 30 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mandalay Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (380 to 443); teachers up 22% (21.6 to 26.3).
About Mandalay Middle School
Mandalay Middle School is a public medium-sized middle-grades school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado. Enrolled students number 443 students, in grades 6 through 8.
Mandalay Middle School falls under Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which has 148 schools enrolling 74,935 students.
Roughly 55% of students at Mandalay Middle School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Mandalay Middle School operates with 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.8:1. On average, middle schools in Colorado have 15.9:1, compared with 16.8:1 here. Mandalay Middle School reports 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Mandalay Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mandalay Middle School is 5.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 37.6%. Predicted: 42.9%.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $110,656, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Mandalay Middle School, Jefferson County has 167 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Semper Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mandalay Middle School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 443 students in 2024-25, 95 fewer than the 538 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Mandalay Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 WESTMINSTER
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
Nearby schools
- Semper Elementary School0.3 mi · 314
- Adams Elementary School0.5 mi · 310
- Doral Academy of Colorado0.5 mi · 168
- Summit Academy0.7 mi · 66
- Jefferson Academy Elementary0.7 mi · 737
- Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy1.0 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Mandalay Middle SchoolHow large is Mandalay Middle School?
Mandalay Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mandalay Middle School serve?
Mandalay Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mandalay Middle School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Mandalay Middle School.
How diverse is Mandalay Middle School?
Mandalay Middle School reports a student body of 55% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mandalay Middle School in?
Mandalay Middle School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.