Summit Middle Charter School

Summit Middle Charter School is a 6-8 campus of modestly sized scale in BOULDER, Colorado, part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, enrolling 366 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 462 students.

Summit Middle Charter School is one of 56 schools operated by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, a district that instructs 27,988 students overall.

Demographically, Summit Middle Charter School logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 12% multiracial, 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Summit Middle Charter School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Summit Middle Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at Summit Middle Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Boulder County's rate of about 33%.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit Middle Charter School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.6%; actual is 85.5%, +26.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boulder County indicate median household income runs about $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boulder County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), Summit Middle Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Community Montessori School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summit Middle Charter School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 70.9%.

Summit Middle Charter School operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Summit Middle Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Middle Charter School has rose 3%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 19% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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