1
What's the best and worst thing about the food at West Jefferson Middle School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
499
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000795
West Jefferson Middle School
9449 SOUTH BARNES STREET, CONIFER, CO 80433 · (303) 982-3056 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
110 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 162 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 174 | 35% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
62.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 48.0% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 West Jefferson Middle School
West Jefferson Middle School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Jefferson Middle School this school | 499 | 22.0% | 53.7% |
| Redlands Middle School GRAND JUNCTION | 632 | 25.3% | 58.1% |
| Nevin Platt Middle School BOULDER | 483 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
| Turner Middle School BERTHOUD | 448 | 17.4% | 46.8% |
| Steamboat Springs Middle School STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | 440 | 18.4% | 65.6% |
| Windsor Charter Academy Middle School WINDSOR | 395 | 16.7% | 64.2% |
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 West Jefferson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #39 of 241 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #57 of 244 ▼ 20 | #7 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #44 of 246 ▼ 10 | #4 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #117 of 278 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #209 of 227 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #216 of 227 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #214 of 246 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #139 of 169 | N/A |
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
499
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
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 | 499 | 25.8 | 19.4:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 25.2 | 19.1:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 26.5 | 18.9:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 28.4 | 18.8:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 14% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 6% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Jefferson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (534 to 499); teachers down 9% (28.4 to 25.8).
About West Jefferson Middle School
At 9449 SOUTH BARNES STREET in CONIFER, Colorado, West Jefferson Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 499 students.
West Jefferson Middle School is a school in Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The district has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at West Jefferson Middle School. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. West Jefferson Middle School's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.4 students per teacher. That is 3.5 students per teacher above the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 22% of students. That is 10 points below the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades West Jefferson Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 53.4% for a school in Colorado with West Jefferson Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. West Jefferson Middle School posts 53.7%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Jefferson County is home to 168 public schools and about 74,739 public school students.
The shortest distance from West Jefferson Middle School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to West Jefferson Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. West Jefferson Middle School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when West Jefferson Middle School had 554 students, to 2024-25, when it had 499.
Discussion on this page can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in CONIFER
- Conifer Senior High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- West Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Other West Jefferson Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named West Jefferson Middle. West Jefferson Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolWest Jefferson, OH · 252 students
- WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLTERRETON, ID · 83 students
Nearby schools
- West Jefferson Elementary School0.5 mi · 252
- Conifer Senior High School1.4 mi · 819
- Marshdale Elementary School2.9 mi · 375
- Evergreen High School5.4 mi · 909
- Wilmot Elementary School5.4 mi · 327
- Elk Creek Elementary School6.3 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About West Jefferson Middle SchoolHow large is West Jefferson Middle School?
West Jefferson Middle School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 06-08.
Is West Jefferson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Jefferson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at West Jefferson Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at West Jefferson Middle School.
How diverse is West Jefferson Middle School?
West Jefferson Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Jefferson Middle School?
West Jefferson Middle School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.