School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Thunder Ridge Middle SchoolDraft

Cherry Creek 5 · Aurora · middle (grades 6–8)
−4.5
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Thunder Ridge Middle School scored 5.8 points below expected in English and 3.3 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 24th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 52nd), and #10 of 11 neighborhood middle schools in Cherry Creek 5.

English vs. expected
−5.8
±1.5 pts · 24th pct. adjusted
English growth
46
median growth percentile · 35th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−3.3
±2.9 pts · 33rd pct. adjusted
Math growth
54
median growth percentile · 68th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
20%30%40%50%202420252026English 41%Math 37%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−7.4−4.3−5.8
English growth (MGP)464845
Math vs. expected (pts)−6.8−2.3−1.1
Math growth (MGP)425859

Only 69% of students took the tests; families who opt out may differ from those who test.

Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Steamboat Springs+14.5Sleeping Giant School+12.7Ray E Kilmer+10.6Skyway Park+8.1Castle Rock+5.7Mammoth Heights Elementary+5.4Westlake+4.3Euclid+3.8Westview+3.5Goddard+3.4Deer Creek+1.5Boltz+0.8Mandalay−1.9Falcon Creek−2.2Infinity−2.2Sierra−2.9Mesa−4.1Dunstan−4.7Ken Caryl−5.0Castle Rock−5.2Thunder Ridge−5.8Rock Ridge−5.9Blevins−6.8Moore−8.7Summit Ridge−8.8Pomona Junior/Senior High School−18.3

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+58%Free/reduced-price lunch38%English learners15%Students with IEPs17%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.7× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 1,103. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.