Middle · Colorado
Sunset Middle School
Free meals for allSunset Middle School, a public middle school in Longmont, Colorado: grades 6–8, 316 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
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
- 316
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.3
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 15.7 · 281 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 463 · 281 schools compared
Smaller than 74% 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%44%proficient
+7.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 42% · 267 middle schools compared
262 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%25%proficient
+5.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 26% · 264 middle schools compared
269 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
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
Location
- Address
- 1300 S. Sunset, Longmont, CO 80501
- Phone
- (303)776-3963
- City or town
- Longmont
- County
- Boulder County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 715 | 18.5 | 72% | 66% | |
Longs Peak Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 381 | 12.5 | 26% | 15% |
Westview Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 621 | 18.5 | 58% | 47% |
Trail Ridge Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 435 | 14.7 | 38% | 28% |
| 6–8 | 762 | 20.1 | 61% | 56% | |
Mead Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 571 | 17.8 | 63% | 53% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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