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Sterling Middle School

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

TractSignal score
37/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
391
Enrollment has declined 2% over the available history.
FRL Share
61.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
727.7
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Sterling Middle School

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Academic Quality

33

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

45

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

41

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 Sterling and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
37 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
727.7 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
730.4 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
724.5 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
728.1 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
391 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Sterling 3.7 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
3.7 / 1k 3.7 / 1k
2 Market rent
Sterling $1,165 · Colorado $1,977
$1,165 $1,165
3 Home price
Sterling $245,633 · Colorado $556,199
$245,353 $245,633
4 Poverty rate
Sterling 23.5% · Colorado 10.1%
26% 23.5%
5 Median income
Sterling $42,096 · Colorado $101,131
$38,130 $42,096
6 Renter share
Sterling 46.5% · Colorado 32.6%
49.2% 46.5%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Sterling Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 727.7, with ELA at 730.4, Math at 724.5, and Science at 728.1. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 33/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 2% over the available history. ELA has moved down 19.4 points over the available history. Math has moved down 16.3 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

Sterling Middle School currently serves about 391 students. FRL share sits near 61.9%, 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 966102 carries violent crime around 3.7 / 1k, market rent near $1,165, median income near $38,130, and home-price context near $245,353. 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 80751 where rent context currently sits near $1,165 and home-price context near $245,353. Nearby violent crime has moved down 7% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Sterling Middle School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 37/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.