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Enrollment
965
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001179
Silver Hills Middle School
12400 HURON STREET, NORTHGLENN, CO 80234 · (720) 972-5000 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Colorado public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
664 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 | 304 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 331 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 34% |
Student demographics
51%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
30.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
15.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 14.0% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Silver Hills Middle School
Silver Hills Middle School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Hills Middle School this school | 965 | 68.8% | 21.2% |
| Brentwood Middle School GREELEY | 564 | 74.1% | 22.7% |
| Prairie Heights Middle School EVANS | 537 | 73.7% | 21.0% |
| Overland Trail Middle School BRIGHTON | 581 | 70.4% | 12.3% |
| Prairie View Middle School HENDERSON | 679 | 58.9% | 22.5% |
| Corwin International Magnet School PUEBLO | 565 | 65.3% | 40.2% |
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 Silver Hills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #178 of 241 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #188 of 244 ▼ 5 | #8 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #178 of 246 no change | #6 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #15 of 278 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #177 of 227 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #115 of 227 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #59 of 246 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #98 of 169 | #13 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
965
-83 (-8%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 965 | 53.8 | 17.9:1 | 69% (664) |
| 2023-24 | 930 | 57 | 16.3:1 | 74% (691) |
| 2022-23 | 957 | 54 | 17.7:1 | 70% (669) |
| 2020-21 | 1,048 | 57 | 18.4:1 | 62% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 56.5 | 19.8:1 | 60% (674) |
| 2015-16 | 1,080 | 57 | 18.9:1 | 56% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 1,098 | 53 | 20.7:1 | 43% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 18% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 34 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Hills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,120 to 965); teachers down 5% (56.5 to 53.8).
About Silver Hills Middle School
Silver Hills Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in NORTHGLENN, Colorado. It reports enrollment of 965 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 109% above the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
Within Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Silver Hills Middle School is one of 54 schools. The district enrolls 34,466 students.
Federal enrollment data show Silver Hills Middle School is 66% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 23% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 43% share among Adams County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
There are 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.9:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Of all students at Silver Hills Middle School, 69% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Silver Hills Middle School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Silver Hills Middle School would score about 25.0%. It scores 21.2%, 3.8 points below that figure.
For the population of Adams County, the median household earns about $94,571 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Silver Hills Middle School shares Adams County with 170 other public schools.
Silver Hills Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Mountain Range High School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 21.2% is below the 36.8% average for nearby schools.
Silver Hills Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 1,048 in 2020-21 to 965 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- Global Village Academy - NorthElementary · 838 students
- STEM LabElementary · 740 students
- Northglenn Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Hulstrom K-8Elementary · 663 students
- Leroy ElementaryElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Range High School0.1 mi · 1,788
- Pathways Future Center0.7 mi · 386
- Five Star Online Academy0.9 mi · 506
- Westgate Community School1.0 mi · 540
- Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 465
- Global Village Academy - North1.5 mi · 838
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Hills Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Silver Hills Middle School?
Silver Hills Middle School enrolls approximately 965 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Silver Hills Middle School serve?
Silver Hills Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Silver Hills Middle School have?
Silver Hills Middle School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Silver Hills Middle School?
Student demographics at Silver Hills Middle School are roughly 23% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Silver Hills Middle School in?
Silver Hills Middle School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.