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Enrollment
658
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001120
Janitell Junior High School
7635 FOUNTAIN MESA ROAD, FOUNTAIN, CO 80817 · (719) 391-3295 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C-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
15.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
303 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 228 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 218 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
46.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 20.1% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Janitell Junior High School
Janitell Junior High School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janitell Junior High School this school | 658 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| Sproul Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 504 | 46.8% | 37.7% |
| Watson Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 470 | 51.7% | 27.1% |
| Carson Middle School FORT CARSON | 657 | 39.1% | 23.2% |
| 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 Janitell Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #125 of 241 | #19 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #137 of 244 ▲ 6 | #22 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #98 of 246 ▼ 5 | #17 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #68 of 278 | #13 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #98 of 227 | #15 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #10 of 227 | #2 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #135 of 246 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #86 of 169 | #18 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
658
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 658 | 42.5 | 15.5:1 | 46% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 39.5 | 16.4:1 | 51% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 38.5 | 17.2:1 | 32% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 46% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 42.3 | 18.7:1 | 44% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 47% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 41% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 18% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Janitell Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (789 to 658); teachers up 1% (42.3 to 42.5).
About Janitell Junior High School
Janitell Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school in FOUNTAIN, Colorado, one of the schools in Widefield School District 3. There are 658 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 462.
Widefield School District 3 has 9,290 students in 18 schools, and Janitell Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students make up 40% of enrollment at Janitell Junior High School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 35% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. In El Paso County overall, about 70% of residents are White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Janitell Junior High School are from different groups.
Based on 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Janitell Junior High School has a ratio of 15.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Income data for the school show 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Janitell Junior High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Colorado public middle schools.
A school with Janitell Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 38.8%. Janitell Junior High School scores 32.0%, 6.8 points below that line.
In El Paso County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Janitell Junior High School, El Paso County has 245 public schools.
The closest school to Janitell Junior High School is Mesa Ridge High School, located about 0.7 miles away. Janitell Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Janitell Junior High School's average proficiency of 32.0% compares with 33.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (664) and 2024-25 (658).
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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 Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Sproul Junior High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
Other schools in FOUNTAIN
- Fountain-Fort Carson High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Fountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,051 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Jordahl Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Aragon Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Eagleside Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Mesa Ridge High School0.7 mi · 1,304
- Sunrise Elementary School0.8 mi · 506
- Webster Elementary School0.9 mi · 582
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School1.0 mi · 498
- James Madison Charter Academy School1.0 mi · 72
- Mesa Elementary School1.2 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Janitell Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Janitell Junior High School?
Janitell Junior High School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Janitell Junior High School serve?
Janitell Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Janitell Junior High School have?
Janitell Junior High School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Janitell Junior High School?
Janitell Junior High School reports a student body of 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Janitell Junior High School in?
Janitell Junior High School is part of Widefield School District 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.