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Mount Garfield Middle School

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

TractSignal score
49/100
upward momentum with higher local pressure · high confidence
Enrollment
552
Enrollment has declined 5% over the available history.
FRL Share
58.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
731.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Mount Garfield Middle School

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Academic Quality

48

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

49

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

82

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
49 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
731.9 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
738.1 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
725.3 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
732.4 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
552 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Clifton 2.3 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.3 / 1k 2.3 / 1k
2 Market rent
Clifton $1,277 · Colorado $1,977
$1,277 $1,277
3 Home price
Clifton $330,423 · Colorado $556,199
$330,423 $330,423
4 Poverty rate
Clifton 17.7% · Colorado 10.1%
10.4% 17.7%
5 Median income
Clifton $67,463 · Colorado $101,131
$83,864 $67,463
6 Renter share
Clifton 27.3% · Colorado 32.6%
23.4% 27.3%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Mount Garfield Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 731.9, with ELA at 738.1, Math at 725.3, and Science at 732.4. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 48/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 5% over the available history. ELA has moved up 16.5 points over the available history. Math has moved up 8.1 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 49/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Mount Garfield Middle School currently serves about 552 students. FRL share sits near 58.7%, 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 001702 carries violent crime around 2.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,277, median income near $83,864, and home-price context near $330,423. 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 81520 where rent context currently sits near $1,277 and home-price context near $330,423. Nearby violent crime has moved up 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Mount Garfield Middle School currently reads as upward momentum with higher local pressure. The total TractSignal school score is 49/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.