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DSST: Cedar Middle School

DSST: Cedar Middle School school profile in Denver, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
93/100
strong current academics, durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
489
Enrollment has increased 4% over the available history.
FRL Share
53.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
757.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives DSST: Cedar Middle School

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Academic Quality

88

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

87

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

55

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 Denver and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 45 · Colorado 50
93 45
2 Academic average
Peer 728.1 · Colorado 735.5
757.9 728.1
3 ELA
Peer 735.3 · Colorado 741.7
768.1 735.3
4 Math
Peer 724.3 · Colorado 731.5
754.8 724.3
5 Science
Peer 724.8 · Colorado 733.2
750.8 724.8
6 Enrollment
Peer 429 · Colorado 469
489 429
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Denver 9.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.7 / 1k 9.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Denver $1,969 · Colorado $1,977
$2,134 $1,969
3 Home price
Denver $548,862 · Colorado $556,199
$967,294 $548,862
4 Poverty rate
Denver 11% · Colorado 10.1%
3.4% 11%
5 Median income
Denver $103,391 · Colorado $101,131
$115,049 $103,391
6 Renter share
Denver 42.3% · Colorado 32.6%
81.6% 42.3%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

DSST: Cedar Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 757.9, with ELA at 768.1, Math at 754.8, and Science at 750.8. Against Denver middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 88/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 4% over the available history. ELA has moved down 6.5 points over the available history. Math has moved down 8.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 87/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

DSST: Cedar Middle School currently serves about 489 students. FRL share sits near 53.8%, 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 002805 carries violent crime around 2.7 / 1k, market rent near $2,134, median income near $115,049, and home-price context near $967,294. 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 80209 where rent context currently sits near $2,134 and home-price context near $967,294. Nearby violent crime has moved down 25% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

DSST: Cedar Middle School currently reads as strong current academics, durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 93/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.