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Enrollment
1,075
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192006788
Chinook Trail Middle School
9750 GRAND LAWN CIRCLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80924 · (719) 234-1576 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,075 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
182 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 339 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 354 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 382 | 36% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 47.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chinook Trail Middle School
Chinook Trail Middle School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook Trail Middle School this school | 1,075 | 16.9% | 53.5% |
| Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 821 | 18.1% | 64.4% |
| West Middle School GREENWOOD VILLAGE | 1,019 | 18.1% | 64.5% |
| Challenger Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 696 | 16.8% | 65.3% |
| Erie Middle School ERIE | 762 | 15.5% | 55.4% |
| Cimarron Middle PARKER | 1,052 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chinook Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #40 of 241 | #7 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #58 of 244 ▼ 19 | #8 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #50 of 246 ▼ 13 | #9 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,075 | #6 of 278 | #1 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #189 of 227 | #29 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #56 of 227 | #20 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #230 of 246 | #31 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,075
+325 (+43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,075 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 17% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 1,073 | 58.6 | 18.3:1 | 14% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 1,067 | 55.1 | 19.4:1 | 7% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 7% (56) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chinook Trail Middle School.
About Chinook Trail Middle School
Chinook Trail Middle School is a middle-grades school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, and it is part of Academy District 20. School enrollment was 1,075 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Colorado is roughly 462 students; this school is 133% larger than that.
Chinook Trail Middle School sits within Academy District 20, which has 39 schools and 25,607 students.
At Chinook Trail Middle School, White students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. Chinook Trail Middle School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Chinook Trail Middle School total 58 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The school counts 182 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 17%. The average for public schools in El Paso County is 42%.
Chinook Trail Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Chinook Trail Middle School is 2.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.5% versus 56.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Among El Paso County residents, the median household income is $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Chinook Trail Middle School, El Paso County has 244 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Chinook Trail Elementary School, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Chinook Trail Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 750 to 1,075. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.1:1 to 18.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Chinook Trail Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Discovery Canyon Campus High SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Trail Elementary School0.1 mi · 632
- Ranch Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 578
- Timberview Middle School1.0 mi · 837
- Liberty High School1.1 mi · 1,526
- Explorer Elementary School1.3 mi · 470
- Prairie Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Chinook Trail Middle SchoolHow many students attend Chinook Trail Middle School?
Chinook Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 1,075 students in grades 06-08.
Is Chinook Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chinook Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Chinook Trail Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Chinook Trail Middle School.
How diverse is Chinook Trail Middle School?
Chinook Trail Middle School reports a student body of 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Chinook Trail Middle School public or private?
Chinook Trail Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Academy District 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.