James Irwin Charter Middle School

James Irwin Charter Middle School is a medium-sized junior high in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, operated by Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an. The school caters to 434 students in grades 6 through 8.

Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 11,938 students; James Irwin Charter Middle School is among them.

On demographics, James Irwin Charter Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, James Irwin Charter Middle School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. 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, James Irwin Charter Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 40.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which James Irwin Charter Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is James Irwin Charter High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), James Irwin Charter Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.2%.

James Irwin Charter Middle School operates from an inner-city location. James Irwin Charter Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. James Irwin Charter Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 434). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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