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Cresthill Middle School

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

TractSignal score
67/100
strong current academics with fragile durability · high confidence
Enrollment
516
Enrollment has declined 23% over the available history.
FRL Share
23.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
753.6
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Cresthill Middle School

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Academic Quality

85

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

39

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

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 Highlands Ranch and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
67 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
753.6 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
758 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
756.2 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
746.7 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
516 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Highlands Ranch n/a · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
n/a n/a
2 Market rent
Highlands Ranch $2,541 · Colorado $1,977
$2,777 $2,541
3 Home price
Highlands Ranch $718,166 · Colorado $556,199
$731,197 $718,166
4 Poverty rate
Highlands Ranch 3.4% · Colorado 10.1%
1.8% 3.4%
5 Median income
Highlands Ranch $159,930 · Colorado $101,131
$150,313 $159,930
6 Renter share
Highlands Ranch 19.1% · Colorado 32.6%
9.4% 19.1%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Cresthill Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 753.6, with ELA at 758, Math at 756.2, and Science at 746.7. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 85/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 23% over the available history. ELA has moved up 1.6 points over the available history. Math has moved up 9.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 39/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Cresthill Middle School currently serves about 516 students. FRL share sits near 23.6%, 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 014139 carries violent crime around n/a, market rent near $2,777, median income near $150,313, and home-price context near $731,197. 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 80126 where rent context currently sits near $2,777 and home-price context near $731,197. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

Cresthill Middle School currently reads as strong current academics with fragile durability. The total TractSignal school score is 67/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.