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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Colorado Springs, Colorado

26 public middle schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. The Classical Academy Middle School leads the list at 69.8%, against a median of 49.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Top % Proficient (Reading)

69.8%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

49.1%

BEST IN READING · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	The Classical Academy Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	445	69.8%	▲ 3
2	Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	821	69.2%	▲ 1
3	Challenger Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	696	68.7%	▼ 2
4	Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Cheyenne Mountain School District	Middle	604	66.7%	▼ 2
5	Eagleview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	905	65.0%	▲ 1
6	The Vanguard School (Middle)	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	243	63.6%	▼ 1
7	Holmes Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	600	60.9%	▲ 2
8	Chinook Trail Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	1,075	60.8%	▼ 1
9	Timberview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	837	55.4%	▲ 4
10	Mountain Ridge Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy District 20	Middle	690	54.7%	▼ 2
11	Jenkins Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	791	53.3%	▼ 1
12	North Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	636	51.8%	no change
13	Sproul Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	504	49.8%	▲ 1
14	Skyview Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Middle	862	48.4%	▼ 3
15	James Irwin Charter Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	434	42.6%	no change
16	Horizon Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Middle	773	41.5%	no change
17	Sabin Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	540	37.7%	▲ 3
18	Russell Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	520	36.1%	▼ 1
19	Watson Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	470	35.9%	no change
20	Atlas Preparatory Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	473	32.6%	▲ 2
21	Fox Meadow Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	369	31.7%	no change
22	Mann Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	300	20.2%	▲ 2
23	Panorama Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	Middle	339	19.4%	no change
24	West Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	119	18.7%	▼ 6
25	Galileo Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	277	15.9%	▲ 1
26	Jack Swigert Middle School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	Middle	404	14.2%	▼ 1

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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