Jack Swigert Middle School

Located at 4220 EAST PIKES PEAK AVE, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Jack Swigert Middle School is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus that serves 404 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E.

Jack Swigert Middle School is one of 60 schools operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, a district that caters to 22,293 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jack Swigert Middle School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% White, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Jack Swigert Middle School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jack Swigert Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.3%; this one delivers 12.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Jack Swigert Middle School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt Charter Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jack Swigert Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jack Swigert Middle School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 19.3%.

Jack Swigert Middle School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 27% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Jack Swigert Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.