School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Century Middle SchoolDraft

Adams 12 Five Star Schools · Thornton · middle (grades 6–8)
−5.8
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Century Middle School scored 5.9 points below expected in English and 5.6 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 23rd percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 38th), and #7 of 9 neighborhood middle schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools.

English vs. expected
−5.9
±1.4 pts · 23rd pct. adjusted
English growth
44
median growth percentile · 23rd among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−5.6
±1.3 pts · 22nd pct. adjusted
Math growth
47
median growth percentile · 41st among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
10%20%30%40%50%202420252026English 32%Math 23%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−5.3−6.5−6.1
English growth (MGP)434247
Math vs. expected (pts)−4.3−6.1−6.8
Math growth (MGP)484646
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Aurora Frontier K-8+33.8Murphy Creek K-8 School+21.6Patterson International School+13.2Skyway Park+8.1Palmer Lake+6.7Carbondale+5.6Winograd K-8+4.6Euclid+3.8Westview+3.5Cache La Poudre+2.0Liberty+1.4Trail Ridge+0.8Bear Creek K-8 School0.0High Plains School−0.9Mandalay−1.9Skyview−3.2Estes Park−4.3Century−5.9Gilpin County Undivided High Sc…−6.8Falcon−8.1Lucile Erwin−8.4Rodger Quist−10.6Riverview PK-8−11.0Otho E Stuart−11.4Shadow Ridge−12.8Pomona Junior/Senior High School−18.3

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+46%Free/reduced-price lunch52%English learners16%Students with IEPs14%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.5× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 724. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.