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Enrollment
636
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000256
North Middle School
612 EAST YAMPA STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 · (719) 328-2400 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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.
- ABeats 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
16.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
399 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 224 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 31% |
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 32.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 North Middle School
North Middle School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Middle School this school | 636 | 62.7% | 42.4% |
| Russell Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 520 | 64.4% | 29.9% |
| Fountain Middle School FOUNTAIN | 1,051 | 54.2% | 28.0% |
| Sabin Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 540 | 65.9% | 28.1% |
| Watson Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 470 | 51.7% | 27.1% |
| Horizon Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 773 | 54.1% | 33.6% |
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 North Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #80 of 241 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #80 of 244 ▲ 11 | #13 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #78 of 246 ▼ 1 | #14 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #72 of 278 | #15 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #136 of 227 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #28 of 227 | #12 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #83 of 246 | #10 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #158 of 169 | #26 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
636
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 636 | 38.5 | 16.5:1 | 63% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 40.9 | 14.5:1 | 66% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 34.2 | 17.3:1 | 63% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 67% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 39.8 | 16.5:1 | 75% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 72% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 56% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 44% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (656 to 636); teachers down 3% (39.8 to 38.5).
About North Middle School
North Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 636 students enrolled. It has 38% more students than the average for middle schools in Colorado (about 462).
Colorado Springs School District 11 (60 schools, 22,293 students) runs North Middle School.
About 52% of the student body at North Middle School is White. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 70% of El Paso County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school's 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. At North Middle School, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
North Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Colorado public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for North Middle School is +13.7 points, in the top 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.4%, and the predicted rate is 28.7%.
The school's county is El Paso County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 114,356, North Middle School among them.
Of the public schools around it, North Middle School is closest to Community Prep Charter School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, North Middle School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%.
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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
- Mitchell High SchoolHigh · 757 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 North Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named North Middle. North Middle School is the 9th largest of the 14.
- North Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 1,136 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 1,051 students
- North MiddleMenomonee Falls, WI · 804 students
- North Middle SchoolLenoir City, TN · 780 students
- North Middle SchoolGreat Falls, MT · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Community Prep Charter School0.5 mi · 158
- Taylor Elementary School0.5 mi · 152
- Columbia Elementary School0.6 mi · 265
- Steele Elementary School0.8 mi · 273
- Palmer High School0.8 mi · 1,265
- Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind1.0 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About North Middle SchoolHow many students attend North Middle School?
North Middle School enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 06-08.
Is North Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does North Middle School have?
North Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Middle School?
At North Middle School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees North Middle School?
North Middle School is overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11 in El Paso County.
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