School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Mead Middle SchoolDraft

St Vrain Valley RE1J · Mead · middle (grades 6–8)
+5.9
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Mead Middle School scored 5.4 points above expected in English and 6.3 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 70th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 84th), and #3 of 12 neighborhood middle schools in St Vrain Valley RE1J.

English vs. expected
+5.4
±2.0 pts · 70th pct. adjusted
English growth
56
median growth percentile · 67th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+6.3
±1.5 pts · 77th pct. adjusted
Math growth
59
median growth percentile · 81st among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
40%50%60%70%80%202420252026English 61%Math 56%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+7.9+4.1+4.3
English growth (MGP)615552
Math vs. expected (pts)+6.1+6.7+6.1
Math growth (MGP)606156

Only 78% of students took the tests; families who opt out may differ from those who test.

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.
Denver Green School Northfield+20.8Gold Camp+12.5Fitzsimmons+8.6Platte Canyon Middle/High School+6.9Palmer Lake+6.7Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Kenneth Homyak PK-8+5.8Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Challenger+4.1Bear Creek+3.9Westview+3.5Lewis-Palmer+2.8Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5High Plains School−0.9Lewis-Palmer−0.9Rocky Top−1.8Preston−2.7Falcon Bluffs−3.4Nederland Middle-Senior High Sc…−5.0Falcon−8.1Drake Junior High School−8.5Riverview PK-8−11.0Windsor−12.0Severance−13.1

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+53%Free/reduced-price lunch26%English learners7%Students with IEPs10%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 5.0× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 601. 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.