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Enrollment
829
Middle
DISTRICT 776 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001528
Ranch View Middle School
1731 WILDCAT RESERVE PARKWAY, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129 · (303) 387-2300 · Douglas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- BBeats 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
17.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
131 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 | 421 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 408 | 49% |
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
66.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.1% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 49.0% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Ranch View Middle School
Ranch View Middle School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranch View Middle School this school | 829 | 15.8% | 58.7% |
| Sagewood Middle School PARKER | 816 | 17.0% | 44.4% |
| Drake Junior High School ARVADA | 1,002 | 18.9% | 52.4% |
| Louisville Middle School LOUISVILLE | 626 | 18.5% | 62.9% |
| Manning Options School LAKEWOOD | 685 | 12.3% | 66.4% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 752 | 14.6% | 61.0% |
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 Ranch View Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #27 of 241 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #20 of 244 ▲ 14 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #31 of 246 ▼ 5 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #26 of 278 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #170 of 227 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #179 of 227 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #233 of 246 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #155 of 169 | #8 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
829
+47 (+6%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 1,071
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 829 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 16% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 44.6 | 18.2:1 | 12% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 782 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 6% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 48.9 | 17.6:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 9% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 1,036 | 53 | 19.6:1 | 6% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 1,071 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 1% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ranch View Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (863 to 829); teachers down 4% (48.9 to 47).
About Ranch View Middle School
Ranch View Middle School is a public middle school in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 829 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 462.
Douglas County School District No. Re 1, which runs Ranch View Middle School, has 89 schools and 61,550 students.
Of every 100 students at Ranch View Middle School, about 76 are White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ranch View Middle School scores 40%.
The school had 47 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Douglas County is close, at 18%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Ranch View Middle School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ranch View Middle School is +1.5 points: 58.7% actual, 57.1% predicted.
Looking at the county, Douglas County, the median household earns about $149,594 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Douglas County has 92 public schools with about 63,841 students, including Ranch View Middle School.
Ranch View Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Thunderridge High School, its nearest public school. Ranch View Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 65.1% on proficiency, and Ranch View Middle School is below that at 58.7%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 829, from 782 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.0:1 to 17.6:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Ranch View Middle School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Thunderridge High School0.2 mi · 1,820
- Eldorado Elementary School0.6 mi · 377
- Saddle Ranch Elementary School0.6 mi · 355
- Stone Mountain Elementary0.7 mi · 452
- Coyote Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 506
- Trailblazer Elementary School0.9 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Ranch View Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ranch View Middle School?
Ranch View Middle School enrolls approximately 829 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Ranch View Middle School serve?
Ranch View Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ranch View Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ranch View Middle School is approximately 17.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ranch View Middle School?
Ranch View Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ranch View Middle School public or private?
Ranch View 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.