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Dunstan Middle School

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

TractSignal score
60/100
durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
782
Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history.
FRL Share
24.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
741.1
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Dunstan Middle School

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Academic Quality

59

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

72

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

44

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

55

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
60 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
741.1 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
746.1 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
741.4 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
735.7 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
782 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Lakewood 6.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
6.8 / 1k 6.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Lakewood $1,762 · Colorado $1,977
$1,773 $1,762
3 Home price
Lakewood $584,462 · Colorado $556,199
$655,310 $584,462
4 Poverty rate
Lakewood 7.9% · Colorado 10.1%
1.7% 7.9%
5 Median income
Lakewood $98,726 · Colorado $101,131
$134,857 $98,726
6 Renter share
Lakewood 32.8% · Colorado 32.6%
2.9% 32.8%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Dunstan Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 741.1, with ELA at 746.1, Math at 741.4, and Science at 735.7. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 59/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history. ELA has moved down 12.1 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 72/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Dunstan Middle School currently serves about 782 students. FRL share sits near 24.2%, 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 011712 carries violent crime around 6.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,773, median income near $134,857, and home-price context near $655,310. 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 80228 where rent context currently sits near $1,773 and home-price context near $655,310. Nearby violent crime has moved up 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Dunstan Middle School currently reads as durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 60/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.