School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Shaw Heights Middle SchoolDraft

Westminster Public Schools · Westminster · middle (grades 6–8)
−1.0
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Shaw Heights Middle School scored 0.7 points below expected in English and 1.4 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 45th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 12th), and #9 of 11 neighborhood middle schools in Westminster Public Schools. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
−0.7
±2.1 pts · 45th pct. adjusted
English growth
43
median growth percentile · 8th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−1.4
±1.9 pts · 43rd pct. adjusted
Math growth
35
median growth percentile · 0th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
0%10%20%30%202420252026English 21%Math 7%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+1.0−2.0−2.0
English growth (MGP)464438
Math vs. expected (pts)0.0−1.1−4.0
Math growth (MGP)353634

Only 90% 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.
Westminster Academy for Interna…+21.0Metropolitan Arts Academy+18.4Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School+12.3Yuma+10.0John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy+9.8Prairie Heights+6.9Orchard Park Academy+6.7York International+5.7Colorado Sports Leadership Acad…+4.5Sunset Ridge PK-8+4.3Tennyson Knolls Preparatory Sch…+4.1Meadow Community School+2.0Silver Hills+1.9Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Earl…0.0Achieve Academy−0.2Shaw Heights−0.7Heath−1.8Mrachek−2.3Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy−3.5Josephine Hodgkins Leadership A…−4.0Hanover Junior-Senior High Scho…−5.2Fairview PK-8−5.6Fort Logan Northgate−6.7Prairie−6.8Trailside Academy−8.1Explore Pk-8−10.9

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+35%Free/reduced-price lunch92%English learners35%Students with IEPs14%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.7× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 356. 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.