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Mesa Middle School

Mesa Middle School school profile in Castle Rock, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
62/100
upward momentum, supportive local context · high confidence
Enrollment
872
Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history.
FRL Share
22%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
743.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Mesa Middle School

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Academic Quality

69

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

45

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

62

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Castle Rock and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
62 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
743.0 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
749.8 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
737.6 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
741.6 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
872 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Castle Rock 0.5 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
0.5 / 1k 0.5 / 1k
2 Market rent
Castle Rock $2,341 · Colorado $1,977
$2,156 $2,341
3 Home price
Castle Rock $678,201 · Colorado $556,199
$649,326 $678,201
4 Poverty rate
Castle Rock 4.7% · Colorado 10.1%
0.2% 4.7%
5 Median income
Castle Rock $146,918 · Colorado $101,131
$164,688 $146,918
6 Renter share
Castle Rock 20.1% · Colorado 32.6%
3.1% 20.1%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Mesa Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 743.0, with ELA at 749.8, Math at 737.6, and Science at 741.6. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 69/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history. ELA has moved down 3.7 points over the available history. Math has moved down 0.7 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 45/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Mesa Middle School currently serves about 872 students. FRL share sits near 22%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 014604 carries violent crime around 0.5 / 1k, market rent near $2,156, median income near $164,688, and home-price context near $649,326. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80104 where rent context currently sits near $2,156 and home-price context near $649,326. Nearby violent crime has moved down 38% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Mesa Middle School currently reads as upward momentum, supportive local context. The total TractSignal school score is 62/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.