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Which teacher or staff member at Mountain Ridge Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
752
Middle
DISTRICT 776 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001747
Mountain Ridge Middle School
10590 MOUNTAIN VISTA RIDGE, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80126 · (303) 387-1800 · Douglas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
110 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 7 | 360 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 392 | 52% |
Student demographics
40%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
74.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 55.2% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Mountain Ridge Middle School
Mountain Ridge Middle School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Ridge Middle School this school | 752 | 14.6% | 61.0% |
| Erie Middle School ERIE | 762 | 15.5% | 55.4% |
| Cimarron Middle PARKER | 1,052 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
| Ranch View Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 829 | 15.8% | 58.7% |
| West Middle School GREENWOOD VILLAGE | 1,019 | 18.1% | 64.5% |
| Deer Creek Middle School LITTLETON | 541 | 19.6% | 52.1% |
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 Mountain Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #20 of 241 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #15 of 244 ▲ 8 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #8 of 246 ▲ 17 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #43 of 278 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #129 of 227 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #180 of 227 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #237 of 246 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.7% | #26 of 169 | #2 of 8 |
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
752
-242 (-24%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,052
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 752 | 45.9 | 16.4:1 | 15% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 47.6 | 17.7:1 | 14% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 865 | 44.5 | 19.4:1 | 8% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 994 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 1,151 | 62.5 | 18.4:1 | 7% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 1,153 | 60 | 19.2:1 | 8% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 1,052 | 52 | 20.2:1 | 7% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,151 to 752); teachers down 27% (62.5 to 45.9).
About Mountain Ridge Middle School
Mountain Ridge Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Colorado, with an address in HIGHLANDS RANCH. It enrolls 752 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 63% bigger than the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
Douglas County School District No. Re 1 serves 61,550 students across 89 schools.
About 76% of the student body at Mountain Ridge Middle School is White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Douglas County residents are about 80% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Teacher count: 45.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Roughly 15% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Douglas County average a similar 18%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Mountain Ridge Middle School outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mountain Ridge Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 61.0% actual against 57.9% predicted.
Census data for Douglas County show the median household earns about $149,594 a year, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mountain Ridge Middle School, Douglas County has 92 public schools.
Mountain Vista High School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Mountain Ridge Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mountain Ridge Middle School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Mountain Ridge Middle School as Suburb: Large.
From 994 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 752 by 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in HIGHLANDS RANCH
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Thunderridge High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- STEM School Highlands RanchCombined · 1,394 students
- Skyview AcademyCombined · 1,358 students
- Highlands Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,323 students
Other Mountain Ridge Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mountain Ridge Middle. Mountain Ridge Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 690 students
- Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolGerrardstown, WV · 619 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Vista High School0.2 mi · 2,169
- Summit View Elementary School0.6 mi · 350
- Copper Mesa Elementary School0.8 mi · 306
- Heritage Elementary School0.9 mi · 377
- Arrowwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 390
- Bear Canyon Elementary School1.6 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolHow large is Mountain Ridge Middle School?
Mountain Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 752 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Mountain Ridge Middle School serve?
Mountain Ridge Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Ridge Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Ridge Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Ridge Middle School?
At Mountain Ridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mountain Ridge Middle School public or private?
Mountain Ridge Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.