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What's the one class at Weld Central Middle School every student should take?
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Enrollment
403
Middle
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-3J·NCES 080492002026
Weld Central Middle School
4977 WELD COUNTY ROAD 59, KEENESBURG, CO 80643 · (303) 536-2700 · Weld County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Colorado public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
235 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 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 39% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Weld Central Middle School→Weld Central Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Weld County School District RE-3J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 23.7% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 11.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Weld Central Middle School
Weld Central Middle School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weld Central Middle School this school | 403 | 58.3% | 17.7% |
| Glenwood Springs Middle School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 380 | 58.7% | 23.8% |
| Basalt Middle School BASALT | 367 | 55.6% | 27.5% |
| Pleasant View Middle School PUEBLO | 348 | 55.5% | 29.9% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School LONGMONT | 435 | 59.8% | 29.8% |
| Sunset Middle School LONGMONT | 316 | 58.5% | 30.8% |
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 Weld Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #204 of 241 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #200 of 244 ▲ 1 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #208 of 246 ▲ 5 | #16 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #158 of 278 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #65 of 227 | #5 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #100 of 227 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #94 of 246 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #82 of 169 | #6 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
403
-128 (-24%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 58% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 30.1 | 16.8:1 | 63% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 35.5 | 14.8:1 | 53% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 49% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 26.1 | 18.7:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 54% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 46% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weld Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (489 to 403); teachers up 7% (26.1 to 28).
About Weld Central Middle School
Weld Central Middle School is a mid-sized middle school found in KEENESBURG, Colorado. Federal data show 403 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Weld County School District RE-3J enrolls 2,666 students, and its 8 schools include Weld Central Middle School.
More than half of enrollment at Weld Central Middle School is Hispanic: 56%. Other groups include 40% White and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 31% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Weld Central Middle School scores 53%.
The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher. Middle schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 15.9:1. The school reported 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Weld County average 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Weld Central Middle School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Colorado public middle schools.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 31.4%. Weld Central Middle School posts 17.7%, 13.7 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Weld County, the median household earns about $97,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Weld County has 116 public schools with about 61,274 students, including Weld Central Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Weld Central Senior High School is about 0.2 miles from Weld Central Middle School. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Weld Central Middle School is behind the 29.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 4.
In the federal locale system, Weld Central Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Weld Central Middle School enrolled 531 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 403.
The Weld Central Middle School discussion page is a place for fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County School District RE-3J
- Weld Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 651 students
- Meadow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Hoff Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Hudson Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Lochbuie Elementary SchoolMiddle · 239 students
- Cardinal Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 182 students
Other schools in KEENESBURG
- Weld Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 651 students
- Hoff Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Cardinal Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Weld Central Senior High School0.2 mi · 651
- Hoff Elementary School2.6 mi · 338
- Cardinal Community Academy Charter School3.6 mi · 182
- Weld Re-3J Online Innovations6.8 mi · 110
- Hudson Elementary School6.9 mi · 303
- Lochbuie Elementary School12.2 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Weld Central Middle SchoolHow large is Weld Central Middle School?
Weld Central Middle School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Weld Central Middle School serve?
Weld Central Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Weld Central Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Weld Central Middle School.
How diverse is Weld Central Middle School?
Weld Central Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Weld Central Middle School?
Weld Central Middle School is overseen by Weld County School District RE-3J in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.