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Which teacher or staff member at Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
482
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000104
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics
290 MANHATTAN DRIVE, BOULDER, CO 80303 · (720) 561-6300 · Boulder County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
150 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 177 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
69.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.7% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 43.1% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics this school | 482 | 31.1% | 54.5% |
| Broomfield Heights Middle School BROOMFIELD | 490 | 34.3% | 45.3% |
| Goddard Middle School LITTLETON | 575 | 35.1% | 49.5% |
| Centennial Middle School BOULDER | 598 | 33.1% | 52.5% |
| Coal Ridge Middle School FIRESTONE | 727 | 31.9% | 39.7% |
| Euclid Middle School LITTLETON | 631 | 31.1% | 50.9% |
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 Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #37 of 241 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #26 of 244 ▲ 31 | #5 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #21 of 246 ▲ 27 | #4 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #126 of 278 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #149 of 227 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #66 of 227 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #184 of 246 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #165 of 169 | #12 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
482
+43 (+10%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 482 | 28.6 | 16.9:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 23.9 | 17.5:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 31.3 | 15.6:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 29% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 10% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (489 to 482); teachers down 9% (31.3 to 28.6).
About Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics is a mid-sized middle school located in BOULDER, Colorado. Federal data show 482 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 has 27,988 students spread across 56 schools.
More than half of the students at Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics are White (60%). The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Boulder County overall, about 78% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics scores 57%.
There are 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.9:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is 0.9 students per teacher. On the income side, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Boulder County is close, at 33%.
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Colorado public middle schools.
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.5% is 6.6 points above the 47.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Boulder County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $103,994, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 86 public schools and about 42,200 students.
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics's nearest public school is Horizons K-8 School (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's student count rose 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other schools in BOULDER
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Williamsburg Academy of ColoradoHigh · 622 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Nevin Platt Middle SchoolMiddle · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Horizons K-8 School0.5 mi · 358
- Summit Middle Charter School1.0 mi · 366
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.0 mi · 308
- Boulder Community School/Integrated Studies1.1 mi · 255
- High Peaks Elementary School1.1 mi · 257
- Creekside Elementary School at Martin Park1.1 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and AcademicsHow large is Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics?
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics enrolls approximately 482 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics serve?
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics?
At Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics, the student body is approximately 60% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics public or private?
Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.