Enrollment
275
Middle
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANITOU SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080549000945
Manitou Springs Middle School
415 EL MONTE PLACE, MANITOU SPRINGS, CO 80829 · (719) 685-2127 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
101 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 40% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Manitou Springs Middle School→Manitou Springs High School
Feeds from
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 25.7% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Manitou Springs Middle School
Manitou Springs Middle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitou Springs Middle School this school | 275 | 36.7% | 43.2% |
| Cache La Poudre Middle School LAPORTE | 280 | 31.8% | 52.3% |
| Bayfield Middle School BAYFIELD | 283 | 40.3% | 27.1% |
| Buena Vista Middle School BUENA VISTA | 211 | 32.2% | 35.1% |
| Miller Middle School DURANGO | 360 | 35.3% | 43.8% |
| Woodland Park Middle School WOODLAND PARK | 195 | 39.5% | 39.6% |
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 Manitou Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #77 of 241 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #69 of 244 ▲ 47 | #9 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #53 of 246 ▲ 25 | #10 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #206 of 278 | #30 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #7 of 227 | #1 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #206 of 227 | #31 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #163 of 246 | #23 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #61 of 169 | #11 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
275
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 237
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 275 | 23.5 | 11.7:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 24.2 | 11.9:1 | 43% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 24.3 | 11.8:1 | 28% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 37% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 25.7 | 13.9:1 | 22% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 26% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 14% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manitou Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (358 to 275); teachers down 9% (25.7 to 23.5).
About Manitou Springs Middle School
Manitou Springs Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Colorado, located in MANITOU SPRINGS. It reports enrollment of 275 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 40% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
Manitou Springs School District has 4 schools and 1,147 students, and Manitou Springs Middle School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Manitou Springs Middle School is White, at 81%. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of El Paso County, the White share is about 70%. The diversity index for Manitou Springs Middle School is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manitou Springs Middle School is 11.7:1, based on 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Colorado, 15.9:1, is higher. Manitou Springs Middle School counts 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Manitou Springs Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Colorado public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.5% at Manitou Springs Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.2%.
For the population of El Paso County, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Manitou Springs Middle School shares El Paso County with 244 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Manitou Springs High School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Manitou Springs Middle School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Manitou Springs Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 8 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 10.5 in 2020-21.
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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 Manitou Springs School District
- Manitou Springs High SchoolHigh · 367 students
- Manitou Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Ute Pass Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in MANITOU SPRINGS
- Manitou Springs High SchoolHigh · 367 students
- Manitou Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Manitou Springs High School0.2 mi · 367
- Manitou Springs Elementary School0.5 mi · 331
- Mountain Song Community School2.1 mi · 324
- Howbert Elementary School2.2 mi · 255
- Midland Elementary School2.6 mi · 129
- Holmes Middle School2.8 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Manitou Springs Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manitou Springs Middle School?
Manitou Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Manitou Springs Middle School serve?
Manitou Springs Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Manitou Springs Middle School have?
Manitou Springs Middle School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Manitou Springs Middle School?
Student demographics at Manitou Springs Middle School are roughly 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Manitou Springs Middle School in?
Manitou Springs Middle School is part of Manitou Springs School District.
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