Nevin Platt Middle School

Nevin Platt Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school in BOULDER, Colorado, run under Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. The school serves 483 students in grades 6 through 8.

Nevin Platt Middle School is one of 56 schools operated by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, a district that teaches 27,988 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nevin Platt Middle School logs that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Boulder County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boulder County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nevin Platt Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 53.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Boulder County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Boulder County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), Nevin Platt Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arapahoe Ridge High School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nevin Platt Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nevin Platt Middle School has fell 23%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.