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What's something Fox Meadow Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
369
Middle
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453000666
Fox Meadow Middle School
1450 CHEYENNE MEADOWS ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80906 · (719) 527-7100 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Colorado public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
301 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 132 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
31.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 31.7% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 15.2% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Fox Meadow Middle School
Fox Meadow Middle School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Meadow Middle School this school | 369 | 81.6% | 21.0% |
| Galileo Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 277 | 82.3% | 11.3% |
| Jack Swigert Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 404 | 76.5% | 12.8% |
| Panorama Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 339 | 84.7% | 15.1% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Noel DENVER | 287 | 87.8% | 9.6% |
| Columbia Middle School AURORA | 636 | 75.6% | 19.2% |
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 Fox Meadow Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #181 of 241 | #28 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #202 of 244 ▼ 22 | #28 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #172 of 246 ▼ 8 | #27 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #168 of 278 | #26 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #37 of 227 | #5 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #23 of 227 | #10 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #33 of 246 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.3% | #13 of 169 | #3 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
369
-204 (-36%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 369 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 82% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | 82% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 68% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 81% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 36.5 | 17.6:1 | 80% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 71% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 74% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 699 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 60% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fox Meadow Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (640 to 369); teachers down 23% (36.5 to 28).
About Fox Meadow Middle School
Fox Meadow Middle School is a small middle school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, administered by Harrison School District Two. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 369 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Colorado is about 462 students.
Fox Meadow Middle School is in Harrison School District Two, a district with 11,938 students across 28 schools.
Fox Meadow Middle School's enrollment is 51% Hispanic. Other groups include 24% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Fox Meadow Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fox Meadow Middle School is 82%. On average, public schools in El Paso County report 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Fox Meadow Middle School is C+. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Colorado, Fox Meadow Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.0% actual against a predicted 17.3%.
Within El Paso County, median household income is about $90,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of El Paso County number 245 and enroll about 114,356.
The school nearest to Fox Meadow Middle School is Harrison High School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Fox Meadow Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 573 in 2020-21 and 369 in 2024-25, a 36% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (16.4:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Fox Meadow 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 Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Soaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 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
- Harrison High School0.8 mi · 1,089
- Aspire Online Academy0.8 mi · 98
- Career Readiness Academy0.8 mi · 69
- Oak Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 235
- Otero Elementary School0.9 mi · 330
- Stratton Meadows Elementary School1.7 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Fox Meadow Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fox Meadow Middle School?
Fox Meadow Middle School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fox Meadow Middle School serve?
Fox Meadow Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fox Meadow Middle School have?
Fox Meadow Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fox Meadow Middle School?
At Fox Meadow Middle School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 51% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Fox Meadow Middle School in?
Fox Meadow Middle School is part of Harrison School District Two.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.