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The highest-poverty public middle schools in El Paso County, Colorado

33 public middle schools in El Paso County, Colorado appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Atlas Preparatory Middle School leads the list at 85.8%, against a median of 46.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

El Paso County, Colorado

Top % FRL

85.8%

Median % FRL

46.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Atlas Preparatory Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	473	85.8%
2	Panorama Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	339	84.7%
3	Galileo Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	277	82.3%
4	Fox Meadow Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	369	81.6%
5	West Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	119	80.7%
6	Jack Swigert Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	404	76.5%
7	Mann Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	300	73.0%
8	Sabin Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	540	65.9%
9	Russell Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	520	64.4%
10	North Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	636	62.7%
11	Ellicott Middle School	ELLICOTT, CO	Ellicott School District 22	Middle	230	58.3%
12	Fountain Middle School	FOUNTAIN, CO	Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8	Middle	1,051	54.2%
13	Horizon Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Middle	773	54.1%
14	James Irwin Charter Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	434	53.0%
15	Watson Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	470	51.7%
16	Sproul Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	504	46.8%
17	Janitell Junior High School	FOUNTAIN, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	658	46.0%
18	Orton Academy	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	114	45.6%
19	Holmes Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	600	45.5%
20	Skyview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Middle	862	44.0%
21	Jenkins Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	791	43.6%
22	Carson Middle School	FORT CARSON, CO	Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8	Middle	657	39.1%
23	Manitou Springs Middle School	MANITOU SPRINGS, CO	Manitou Springs School District	Middle	275	36.7%
24	The Vanguard School (Middle)	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	243	35.4%
25	Mountain Ridge Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	690	35.2%
26	Timberview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	837	31.8%
27	Falcon Middle School	PEYTON, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Middle	866	31.8%
28	Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Cheyenne Mountain School District	Middle	604	21.5%
29	Eagleview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	905	19.1%
30	Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	821	18.1%
31	Chinook Trail Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	1,075	16.9%
32	Challenger Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	696	16.8%
33	The Classical Academy Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	445	14.2%

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