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What tradition at Overland Trail Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258001377
Overland Trail Middle School
455 NORTH 19TH AVENUE, BRIGHTON, CO 80601 · (303) 655-4000 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
409 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 196 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 174 | 30% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
19.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.4% | 4.7% |
% 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
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Overland Trail Middle School
Overland Trail Middle School's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Trail Middle School this school | 581 | 70.4% | 12.3% |
| Corwin International Magnet School PUEBLO | 565 | 65.3% | 40.2% |
| Vikan Middle School BRIGHTON | 528 | 71.0% | 16.2% |
| Prairie Heights Middle School EVANS | 537 | 73.7% | 21.0% |
| Ortega Middle School ALAMOSA | 471 | 78.6% | N/A |
| Fort Lupton Middle School FORT LUPTON | 438 | 62.8% | 13.1% |
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 Overland Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #225 of 241 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #225 of 244 ▲ 6 | #15 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #222 of 246 ▲ 14 | #14 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #85 of 278 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #69 of 227 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #156 of 227 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #58 of 246 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #162 of 169 | #15 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
581
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 70% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 69% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 60% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 40% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 33.7 | 17.7:1 | 58% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 27 | 23.3:1 | 56% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 44% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 33% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Overland Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (597 to 581); teachers up 19% (33.7 to 40).
About Overland Trail Middle School
Overland Trail Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in BRIGHTON, Colorado. Its 581 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 26% above the 462 average for middle schools in Colorado.
Overland Trail Middle School is one of 33 schools in School District 27J, which enrolls 24,044 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Overland Trail Middle School, with 70% of enrollment. It is also 24% White and 2% Asian. Adams County's residents are about 43% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 40 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.5:1. On average, middle schools in Colorado have 15.9:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. Around 70% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Overland Trail Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Overland Trail Middle School is 11.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 12.3% actual, 24.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Across Adams County, the median household income is $94,571, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Adams County is home to 171 public schools and about 87,938 public school students.
Northeast Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Overland Trail Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Overland Trail Middle School is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 581, starting from 589. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.8 to 14.5 over 4 years.
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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 School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in BRIGHTON
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Foundations AcademyElementary · 763 students
- Elaine S. Padilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Eagle Ridge AcademyHigh · 593 students
Other Overland Trail Middle schools
One other US public school is named Overland Trail Middle. Overland Trail Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Overland Trail MiddleOverland Park, KS · 540 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Elementary School0.1 mi · 470
- Innovations & Options0.8 mi · 235
- Southeast Elementary School0.9 mi · 527
- Bright Beginnings1.0 mi · 72
- 27J Online Academy1.0 mi · 336
- Brighton High School1.1 mi · 1,733
Frequently asked questions
About Overland Trail Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Overland Trail Middle School?
Overland Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Overland Trail Middle School serve?
Overland Trail Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Overland Trail Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Overland Trail Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Overland Trail Middle School?
Overland Trail Middle School reports a student body of 24% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Overland Trail Middle School in?
Overland Trail Middle School is part of School District 27J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.