Middle · Colorado

Compass Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Compass Academy, a public middle school in Denver, Colorado: grades 6–8, 200 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
200
Teachers (FTE)
18.1
Students per teacher
11.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 15.7 · 281 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 463 · 281 schools compared

Smaller than 86% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

12%proficient

−1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 97% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 42% · 267 middle schools compared

174 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

3.7%proficient

+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 26% · 264 middle schools compared

189 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

Location

Address
2285 S Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80219
Phone
(720)424-0096
City or town
Denver

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Rocky Mountain Prep FederalCharterFree meals for all
6–837615.524%14%
DSST: College View Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all
6–844612.530%17%
Rocky Mountain Prep WestwoodCharterFree meals for all
6–841115.224%16%
Kepner Beacon Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–846714.218%10%
6–831310.932%18%
Fort Logan NorthgateFree meals for all
3–833817.010%4.9%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 080336006645