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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Horizon Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
773
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT 49·NCES 080387001393
Horizon Middle School
1750 PIROS DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915 · (719) 495-5210 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL773 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
418 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 262 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
41.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 24.1% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Middle School this school | 773 | 54.1% | 33.6% |
| Carmody Middle School LAKEWOOD | 550 | 51.8% | 31.7% |
| Creighton Middle School LAKEWOOD | 741 | 54.3% | 32.1% |
| Skyview Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 862 | 44.0% | 38.1% |
| Fountain Middle School FOUNTAIN | 1,051 | 54.2% | 28.0% |
| James Irwin Charter Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 434 | 53.0% | 40.8% |
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 Horizon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #113 of 241 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #110 of 244 ▲ 9 | #17 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #125 of 246 ▼ 21 | #21 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 773 | #39 of 278 | #9 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #124 of 227 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #13 of 227 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #109 of 246 | #13 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #38 of 55 | N/A |
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
773
+25 (+3%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 773 | 47.7 | 16.2:1 | 54% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 48.7 | 16.0:1 | 51% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 45.7 | 16.7:1 | 53% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 44% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 49.9 | 14.9:1 | 49% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 47% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 35% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 14% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (746 to 773); teachers down 4% (49.9 to 47.7).
About Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School is a large middle school in Colorado, with an address in COLORADO SPRINGS. The school reports 773 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Colorado is about 462 students.
El Paso County Colorado School District 49 oversees Horizon Middle School and 30 other schools, with 25,689 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Horizon Middle School is White (40%). Other students are 35% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 70% White share among all El Paso County residents. Horizon Middle School has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Horizon Middle School was 16.2:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 54%. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 42%.
Measured against Colorado public middle schools, Horizon Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.9%. Horizon Middle School scores 33.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in El Paso County, median household income is about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of El Paso County number 245 and enroll about 114,356.
James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Horizon Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Horizon Middle School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Horizon Middle School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- Falcon High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyElementary · 1,162 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
Other Horizon Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Horizon Middle. Horizon Middle School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Horizon Middle SchoolAURORA, CO · 714 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMOORHEAD, MN · 2,158 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 1,124 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 1,008 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolEL PASO, TX · 677 students
Nearby schools
- James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive0.6 mi · 132
- Springs Studio for Academic Excellence0.7 mi · 442
- Pikes Peak Early College0.7 mi · 204
- Evans Elementary School0.7 mi · 487
- Power Technical0.9 mi · 405
- Remington Elementary School1.2 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Middle SchoolHow large is Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School enrolls approximately 773 students in grades 06-08.
Is Horizon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horizon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Horizon Middle School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Horizon Middle School.
How diverse is Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School is overseen by El Paso County Colorado School District 49 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.