School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and AcademicsDraft

Boulder Valley Re 2 · Boulder · middle (grades 6–8)
+6.1
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics scored 8.1 points above expected in English and 4.0 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 78th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 85th), and #2 of 13 neighborhood middle schools in Boulder Valley Re 2.

English vs. expected
+8.1
±7.5 pts · 78th pct. adjusted
English growth
52
median growth percentile · 50th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+4.0
±3.7 pts · 68th pct. adjusted
Math growth
51
median growth percentile · 33rd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
30%40%50%60%70%80%202420252026English 73%Math 56%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−1.0+11.1+13.8
English growth (MGP)415856
Math vs. expected (pts)−0.4+7.3+4.8
Math growth (MGP)455947

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.
Bear Canyon+25.5Heritage+19.0Summit View+13.1Cougar Run+11.5Skinner+9.8Saddle Ranch+9.3Fox Creek+8.8Pine Grove+8.6Manhattan of the Arts and Acade…+8.1Eagle Ridge+7.7Grant Beacon+6.6Arrowwood+6.2Eldorado K-8 School+4.8West+4.5John Wesley Powell+4.4Copper Mesa+4.1Louisville+1.9Meadowlark School+1.8Cresthill+1.3Monarch K-8 School−0.3Angevine−0.4Sedalia−2.1Falcon Creek−2.2Soaring Heights PK-8−4.1Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences−9.5Clear Creek−25.4

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (its attendance zone for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+81%Free/reduced-price lunch32%English learners15%Students with IEPs18%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 6.2× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 436. 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.