Enrollment
316
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537000908
Sunset Middle School
1300 S. SUNSET, LONGMONT, CO 80501 · (303) 776-3963 · Boulder County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
185 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 94 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 35% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
43.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 19.4% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Sunset Middle School
Sunset Middle School's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Middle School this school | 316 | 58.5% | 30.8% |
| Weld Central Middle School KEENESBURG | 403 | 58.3% | 17.7% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School LONGMONT | 435 | 59.8% | 29.8% |
| Glenwood Springs Middle School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 380 | 58.7% | 23.8% |
| Basalt Middle School BASALT | 367 | 55.6% | 27.5% |
| Casey Middle School BOULDER | 363 | 65.0% | 29.8% |
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 Sunset Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #131 of 241 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #129 of 244 ▲ 21 | #11 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #111 of 246 ▲ 30 | #10 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #190 of 278 | #13 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #22 of 227 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #88 of 227 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #93 of 246 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.5% | #17 of 169 | #2 of 12 |
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
316
-114 (-27%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 316 | 25.3 | 12.5:1 | 59% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 26.3 | 14.3:1 | 57% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 56% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 46% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 44% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 36% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 12% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 42 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (522 to 316); teachers down 20% (31.5 to 25.3).
About Sunset Middle School
Sunset Middle School sits in LONGMONT, Colorado, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school had 316 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Colorado) has about 462 students.
The 54 schools of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, including Sunset Middle School, enroll 31,607 students.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Sunset Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 40% White and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 15% of Boulder County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Sunset Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The count of teachers at Sunset Middle School is 25.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.5:1. Among middle schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The school counts 185 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 59%. The rate at public schools in Boulder County averages 33%, lower than here.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 31.2%. Sunset Middle School scores 30.8%.
Boulder County has about 328,961 residents, and median household income is about $103,994, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Sunset Middle School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County, which together enroll about 42,200 students.
The shortest distance from Sunset Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to St. Vrain Virtual High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Sunset Middle School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
The student count in 2024-25 was 316, 27% below the 430 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 12.5 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sunset Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Niwot High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Frederick Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Soaring Heights PK-8Elementary · 1,211 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
Other schools in LONGMONT
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Mead High SchoolHigh · 1,174 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,082 students
- Twin Peaks Classical AcademyCombined · 879 students
- Timberline PK-8Elementary · 762 students
Other Sunset Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunset Middle. Sunset Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sunset Middle SchoolBrentwood, TN · 731 students
- Sunset Middle SchoolSunset, LA · 348 students
Nearby schools
- St. Vrain Virtual High School0.1 mi · 69
- New Meridian High School0.1 mi · 95
- Indian Peaks Elementary School0.1 mi · 214
- Flagstaff Charter Academy0.4 mi · 725
- Burlington Elementary School0.7 mi · 320
- Twin Peaks Classical Academy0.7 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sunset Middle School?
Sunset Middle School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sunset Middle School serve?
Sunset Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sunset Middle School have?
Sunset Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunset Middle School?
Student demographics at Sunset Middle School are roughly 40% White, 55% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunset Middle School public or private?
Sunset Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.