Enrollment
166
Middle
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE·NCES 080002006579
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School
5701 QUEBEC STREET, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 · (303) 288-6111 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
28.4:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
142 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 49 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 40% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
19.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 23.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School this school | 166 | 85.5% | 32.7% |
| Skoglund Middle School CENTER | 124 | 93.5% | 18.5% |
| Compass Academy DENVER | 200 | 91.5% | 10.2% |
| Adams City Middle School COMMERCE CITY | 296 | 90.9% | 7.0% |
| Global Intermediate Academy DENVER | 346 | 80.3% | 16.6% |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy DENVER | 301 | 93.7% | 15.0% |
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 Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #119 of 241 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #163 of 244 ▼ 40 | #5 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #89 of 246 ▼ 1 | #2 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #232 of 278 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #25 of 246 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #38 of 169 | #5 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
166
-32 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
28.4:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 166 | 5.9 | 28.4:1 | 86% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 5.4 | 31.5:1 | 88% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 5.6 | 29.6:1 | 84% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 10 | 19.8:1 | 84% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 8.4 | 28.5:1 | 83% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 254 | 10 | 25.4:1 | 84% (214) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (238 to 166); teachers down 30% (8.4 to 5.9).
About Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is classified as a middle school. It is located in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 166 students. By comparison, middle schools in Colorado enroll about 462 students on average.
State Charter School Institute is responsible for 49 schools, Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School included, with 21,411 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is 92%. Other groups make up 6% White. Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School scores 16%.
Based on 5.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School has a ratio of 28.4:1. The average for middle schools in Colorado, 15.9:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Adams County is 62%.
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Colorado public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is in the top 10% of Colorado schools: 32.7% actual against 14.8% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Adams County show that the median household earns about $94,571 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Adams County has 171 public schools with about 87,938 students, including Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School from the closest public school, Victory Preparatory Academy High State Charter School. The five-mile area around Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 27.2% on proficiency, and Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is above that at 32.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. Federal records list Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School as a charter school.
The school shrank from 198 students in 2020-21 to 166 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 28.4:1.
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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
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- Victory Preparatory Academy High State Charter School0.0 mi · 118
- Stars Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 144
- Rose Hill Elementary School0.3 mi · 315
- Kearney Middle School0.9 mi · 397
- Willow Elementary School1.1 mi · 596
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Frequently asked questions
About Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter SchoolHow many students attend Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School?
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades 06-08.
Is Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School have?
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 28.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School?
Student demographics at Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School are roughly 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School in?
Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter School is part of State Charter School Institute.
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