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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001187
Northglenn Middle School
1123 MURIEL DRIVE, NORTHGLENN, CO 80233 · (720) 972-5080 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Colorado public middle schools
- DTest 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.
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
15.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
573 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 239 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 217 | 32% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
16.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
6.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 6.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 9.2% |
% 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Northglenn Middle School
Northglenn Middle School's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northglenn Middle School this school | 672 | 85.3% | 13.2% |
| Thornton Middle School THORNTON | 721 | 84.2% | 7.2% |
| Heath Middle School GREELEY | 499 | 80.4% | 12.8% |
| Brentwood Middle School GREELEY | 564 | 74.1% | 22.7% |
| Franklin Middle School GREELEY | 367 | 87.7% | 20.9% |
| Shaw Heights Middle School WESTMINSTER | 321 | 86.6% | 13.4% |
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 Northglenn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #221 of 241 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #230 of 244 ▼ 14 | #16 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #228 of 246 ▼ 11 | #16 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #65 of 278 | #8 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #102 of 227 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #140 of 227 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #27 of 246 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #93 of 169 | #11 of 15 |
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
672
-166 (-20%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 672 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 85% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 44.5 | 14.4:1 | 88% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 85% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 84% (708) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 83% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 834 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 80% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 67% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 788 | 39 | 20.2:1 | 27% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 41 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northglenn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (789 to 672); teachers down 4% (45 to 43).
About Northglenn Middle School
Northglenn Middle School is a public middle-grades school in NORTHGLENN, Colorado. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 672 students. On average, middle schools in Colorado enroll around 462, and this school is 45% larger than that mark.
Northglenn Middle School is one of 54 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, which enrolls 34,466 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Northglenn Middle School, about 70 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% White, 7% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Adams County, the Hispanic share is about 43%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Staffing at Northglenn Middle School comes to 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6:1. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. On the income side, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points above the 62% average for public schools in Adams County.
Northglenn Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Colorado public middle schools.
Northglenn Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (13.2%) and its predicted rate (15.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
Census data for Adams County show the median household earns about $94,571 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Adams County number 171, with about 87,938 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Northglenn Middle School from the closest public school, Stukey Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.9%; Northglenn Middle School's is 13.2%, ranking 8th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Northglenn Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 20% across 4 years, from 838 in 2020-21 to 672 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.1:1 to 15.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Northglenn Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in NORTHGLENN
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Silver Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Global Village Academy - NorthElementary · 838 students
- STEM LabElementary · 740 students
- Hulstrom K-8Elementary · 663 students
- Leroy ElementaryElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Stukey Elementary School0.4 mi · 348
- Malley Drive Elementary School0.5 mi · 435
- Leroy Elementary0.5 mi · 435
- The Studio School0.7 mi · 215
- Hulstrom K-80.7 mi · 663
- STEM Lab0.9 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Northglenn Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northglenn Middle School?
Northglenn Middle School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Northglenn Middle School serve?
Northglenn Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northglenn Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northglenn Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northglenn Middle School?
Northglenn Middle School reports a student body of 19% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Northglenn Middle School?
Northglenn Middle School is overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.