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Enrollment
757
High
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000254
Mitchell High School
1205 POTTER DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909 · (719) 328-6600 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
524 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 191 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 187 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 211 | 28% |
Student demographics
58%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mitchell High School
Mitchell High School's state test result (9.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell High School this school | 757 | 69.2% | 9.5% |
| Arvada High School ARVADA | 754 | 71.0% | 11.7% |
| Centennial High School PUEBLO | 801 | 70.4% | 11.1% |
| South High School PUEBLO | 795 | 73.2% | 13.2% |
| Englewood High School ENGLEWOOD | 515 | 68.0% | 22.8% |
| Greeley Central High School GREELEY | 1,507 | 69.6% | 15.6% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Mitchell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #216 of 231 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #128 of 409 | #20 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #94 of 250 | #10 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #51 of 250 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #86 of 320 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.1% | #9 of 139 | #4 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
757
-402 (-35%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,161
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 757 | 46.9 | 16.1:1 | 69% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 784 | 47.3 | 16.6:1 | 77% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 886 | 54.4 | 16.3:1 | 72% (637) |
| 2020-21 | 1,159 | 71 | 16.3:1 | 74% (855) |
| 2017-18 | 1,379 | 79.5 | 17.4:1 | 75% (1,036) |
| 2015-16 | 1,333 | 75 | 17.8:1 | 71% (943) |
| 2010-11 | 1,110 | 63 | 17.6:1 | 63% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 1,360 | 68 | 20.0:1 | 35% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 1,161 | 63 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (1,379 to 757); teachers down 41% (79.5 to 46.9).
About Mitchell High School
Mitchell High School is a public high school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school counts 757 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Colorado is about 627 students.
Colorado Springs School District 11, which runs Mitchell High School, has 60 schools and 22,293 students.
By race and ethnicity, Mitchell High School is 60% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 22% White, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show El Paso County is about 19% Hispanic. Mitchell High School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.1:1, with 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Mitchell High School is 69%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 27 points.
Mitchell High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 9.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado are predicted to post 24.8%, so the school is 15.3 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for El Paso County show that median household income is about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 245 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 114,356.
Of nearby public schools, Wilson Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mitchell High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Mitchell High School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Mitchell High School saw enrollment fall 35% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Colorado Springs School District 11
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 975 students
- Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 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 Mitchell High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mitchell High. Mitchell High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Mitchell High School - 01Mitchell, SD · 879 students
- Mitchell HighBakersville, NC · 482 students
- Mitchell High SchoolMitchell, IN · 424 students
- Mitchell HighMemphis, TN · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Elementary School0.4 mi · 295
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School0.7 mi · 965
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School0.7 mi · 975
- Coperni 30.7 mi · 367
- Twain Elementary School0.9 mi · 291
- Madison Elementary School0.9 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell High SchoolHow large is Mitchell High School?
Mitchell High School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mitchell High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mitchell High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Mitchell High School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Mitchell High School.
What is the student diversity at Mitchell High School?
Student demographics at Mitchell High School are roughly 22% White, 60% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mitchell High School?
Mitchell High School is overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.