The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in Science. The lowest is 13% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Bennett Middle School
Bennett Middle School serves grades six through eight as a regular public school in the Bennett 29-J School District. It sits within the town of Bennett, a growing small town on the eastern edge of the Denver metro region, straddling Adams and Arapahoe counties along the I-70 corridor. The school is embedded within the community rather than on a remote campus, reflecting Bennett's small-town footprint where civic buildings and school facilities are clustered together.
On state assessments, proficiency rates are low. In math, less than a quarter of students met the state's proficient or above threshold. In English language arts, roughly a quarter did. In eighth-grade science, about a quarter reached proficiency. Overall performance across tested subjects places Bennett Middle School below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Adams County. The results come from the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, the state's regular assessment. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports and interventions are in place.
The student body of roughly three hundred is about evenly split between Hispanic and white students, with smaller shares of students who are two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Black. A substantial share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant portion of the student population comes from lower-income households. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the record.
Bennett itself is auto-oriented and low-density, with highway-fronting commercial strips and spread-out residential subdivisions. There is no dense downtown grid or retail main street, though the town reports a network of walking and biking trails. The community has seen steady population growth, with projections showing continued increase. Housing values are in the upper five-figure to low six-figure range, slightly below the state median but well above the national figure. For families moving into the area, the town's family-oriented residential base and stated commitment to preserving "small town character" are likely draws.
The district has made several recent changes relevant to parents. In 2023, it opened its first charter school, Sky Ranch Academy, which began with kindergarten through seventh grade and has since expanded to ninth grade, giving families a new public school choice within the district. In 2022, the district hired an instructional coach and a new elementary administrator focused on boosting primary literacy and math, and began a district-wide PK-12 literacy adoption. At the high school level, a within-school alternative and credit recovery program was implemented in 2024, providing at-risk students a pathway to graduate rather than drop out.
This middle school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate or college-going data apply. Chronic absenteeism and other environment metrics were not available in the record. For a family considering Bennett Middle School, the academic results are the central question. The school offers a regular public school program embedded in a small but growing town, with recent district efforts to strengthen foundational literacy and expand choice. The peer environment is diverse and moderately low-income. The school's performance on state tests trails the county midpoint, and a family may want to explore what academic supports the school provides day to day.
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