Weld Central Middle School (9347)
4977 WELD COUNTY ROAD 59
KEENESBURG, CO 80643
Rural School.
298
Total Students Served
Grade 6 - Grade 8
School District:
Weld County School District RE-3J (3090)
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About Weld Central Middle School (9347)
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Weld Central Middle School
2025-2026
Short Description Weld Central Middle School serves 403 students in grades 6th-8th with 28 teachers, 2 administrators, and 2 counselors. Weld Central Middle School is located in southern Weld County School District Re-3J, serving the communities of Lochbuie, Hudson, Keenesburg, Roggen and the surrounding rural areas. The vision of Weld Central Middle School is to help each child maximize their academic achievement in a safe school environment where students and staff are part of a positive lear…
ning community. The belief of members of our community is that our mission is to ensure each student is prepared for high school and beyond by developing the skills of: 1. Collaborative Problem Solving 2. Engaged Community Member 3. Empowered Individual 4. Global Communication. General Demographic Weld Central Middle School is restructuring to serve only the eastern part of the district, impacting enrollment patterns. Starting in the fall of 2024, students from Lochbuie will no longer transition to Weld Central Middle School. Instead, Lochbuie Elementary will become a PreK-8 school, and students from the western side of the district will stay there through eighth grade. This transition began in 2024 with Lochbuie?s sixth graders remaining at their school. By 2025, both sixth and seventh graders will stay in Lochbuie, and by 2026, Lochbuie will retain all students through eighth grade. Weld Central has many rich traditions, with many of the students being the third generation to attend Weld Central Middle / High School. WCMS is the only middle school in District Re-3J. Student enrollment has fluctuated between 512 to 543 students from 2018-19 until the 2023 school year. Attendance rates at WCMS have ranged from 89.6% to 94.9% since 2017-18. During the same time period student mobility has ranged from 10.7% to 13.6%. The percentage of students who qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch has increased since 2018-19 (36.7% FRL) to 62.8% in 2023-24. The percent of students who are identified as Multilingual Learners have remained somewhat stable between 2018-19 (25.6% ELL) and 2023-24 (26.9% ELL). The percentage of students who are identified as Minority has increased slightly each year between 2018-19 (50.4% minority) and 2023-24 (57.6 % minority). The percent of students who are on an IEP have remained somewhat stable between 2018-19 (12.1%IEP) and 2023-24 (12.5% IEP). Typical teacher retention has been 75-80% of teaching staff returning annually. During the Summer 2023, staff retention was 58.4%. Throughout the 2023-2024 school year there continued to be 6 unfilled teaching positions throughout most of the school year. Some of these vacant positions were filled by long-term substitutes and other shortages were accounted for by larger class sizes. During the Summer 2024, staff retention was 81.5%. The school typically makes good academic growth, and moderate academic achievement for ELA and Math. The building staff, district staff and community at WCMS have collaboratively worked to analyze the data, identify root causes and determine action plans to address student needs. The WCMS school leadership team gathered insight from staff and other stakeholders and formulated the UIP based on this collaborative and strategic planning process.  More about WCMS The vision at Weld Central Middle School is to help each child maximize their academic achievement in a safe school environment where students and staff are part of a positive learning community. The drive for each student to be prepared for high school and beyond by developing the skills of: 1. Collaborative Problem Solving 2. Engaged Community Members 3. Empowered Individuals 4. Global Communicators. The school staff are working to articulate the middle coursework to support students entering Weld Central High School college and career readiness pathways.  At Weld Central Middle School the values of: Respect, Excellence, Bravery, Enthusiasm, and each individual tapping Limitless capabilities are areas of focus. Weld Central Middle School is committed to the academic and social-emotional well being of all students. Weld Central Middle School has a history of parent and community involvement that is unrivaled. The Parent Teacher Organization was recently reconstituted and has been working tirelessly to support students, develop mentoring opportunities, celebrate staff and increase community involvement.
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