North Arvada Middle School

As a medium-sized middle school in ARVADA, Colorado, North Arvada Middle School works with 464 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

Within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which oversees 148 schools and 74,935 students, North Arvada Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Arvada Middle School records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Arvada Middle School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting North Arvada Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at North Arvada Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Arvada Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.2%; this one delivers 23.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which North Arvada Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Two Roads Charter School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Arvada Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Arvada Middle School has edged up 3%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 464 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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