Atlas Preparatory Middle School

Located at 1602 SOUTH MURRAY BLVD, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Atlas Preparatory Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school that caters to 473 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an.

Atlas Preparatory Middle School is one of 28 schools operated by Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, a district that educates 11,938 students overall.

On demographics, Atlas Preparatory Middle School records that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 7% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Atlas Preparatory Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.7%; this one delivers 24.1%.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Atlas Preparatory Middle School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Atlas Preparatory Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Atlas Preparatory Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 16.8%.

Atlas Preparatory Middle School operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Atlas Preparatory Middle School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 84% across the same window.

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