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If you could change one rule at Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
821
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192006616
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School
1810 NORTH GATE BLVD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80921 · (719) 234-1810 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL821 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
149 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 | 243 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 284 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 36% |
Student demographics
56%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
69.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 56.3% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School this school | 821 | 18.1% | 64.4% |
| Challenger Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 696 | 16.8% | 65.3% |
| Chinook Trail Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 1,075 | 16.9% | 53.5% |
| Erie Middle School ERIE | 762 | 15.5% | 55.4% |
| West Middle School GREENWOOD VILLAGE | 1,019 | 18.1% | 64.5% |
| Cresthill Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 558 | 26.0% | 55.2% |
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 Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #16 of 241 | #2 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #12 of 244 ▲ 10 | #1 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #22 of 246 ▲ 1 | #2 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 821 | #27 of 278 | #7 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #140 of 227 | #24 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #73 of 227 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #225 of 246 | #30 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #78 of 169 | #15 of 27 |
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
821
+68 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 821 | 49.5 | 16.6:1 | 18% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 48 | 17.7:1 | 17% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 56.8 | 18.0:1 | 8% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 1,017 | 52 | 19.6:1 | 9% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,022 to 821); teachers down 13% (56.8 to 49.5).
About Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School is a large middle-grades school. Its address is in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It enrolls 821 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 78% bigger than the average for middle schools in Colorado.
Across its 39 schools, Academy District 20 enrolls 25,607 students. Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School is White students, at 63%. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School reported 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.6:1. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. There are 149 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in El Paso County averages 42%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School lands at A, ahead of 92% of Colorado public middle schools.
Test results at Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School are 8.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.4% actual, 55.7% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for El Paso County show that median household income comes to about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County counts 245 public schools with about 114,356 students.
Discovery Canyon Campus High School is the nearest public school to Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 57.0%, lower than Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School's 64.4%.
Federal data place Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School had a net gain of 68 students, or 9%.
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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
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 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
- Discovery Canyon Campus High School0.0 mi · 1,021
- Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School0.0 mi · 547
- The Da Vinci Academy School1.3 mi · 447
- The Classical Academy Middle School1.4 mi · 445
- The Classical Academy Charter1.4 mi · 1,909
- The Classical Academy High School1.4 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery Canyon Campus Middle SchoolHow large is Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School?
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School enrolls approximately 821 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School serve?
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School have?
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School?
At Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School in?
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School is part of Academy District 20.
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