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Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453000669
Panorama Middle School
2145 SOUTH CHELTON, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80916 · (719) 579-3220 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Colorado public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
287 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 118 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 104 | 31% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
19.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 6.9% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Panorama Middle School
Panorama Middle School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama Middle School this school | 339 | 84.7% | 15.1% |
| DSST: Elevate Northeast Middle School DENVER | 451 | 80.7% | 20.8% |
| Fox Meadow Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 369 | 81.6% | 21.0% |
| Montbello Middle School DENVER | 315 | 91.7% | 6.8% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Noel DENVER | 287 | 87.8% | 9.6% |
| Galileo Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 277 | 82.3% | 11.3% |
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 Panorama Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #215 of 241 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #233 of 244 ▼ 6 | #33 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #218 of 246 ▼ 16 | #30 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #183 of 278 | #27 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #11 of 227 | #2 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #42 of 227 | #16 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #28 of 246 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #22 of 169 | #5 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
339
-223 (-40%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 339 | 28.5 | 11.9:1 | 85% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 90% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 66% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 86% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 33.9 | 15.9:1 | 85% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 75% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 79% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 58 | 15.3:1 | 54% (481) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 42 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panorama Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (538 to 339); teachers down 16% (33.9 to 28.5).
About Panorama Middle School
This page covers Panorama Middle School, a small middle school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 339 students. Middle schools in Colorado average about 462 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Panorama Middle School falls under Harrison School District Two, which has 28 schools enrolling 11,938 students.
The largest group at Panorama Middle School is Hispanic students, at 57%. Other students are 17% White, 17% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Panorama Middle School scores 61%.
The school has 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1. Of all students at Panorama Middle School, 85% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in El Paso County is 42%.
Panorama Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Colorado public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Panorama Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 15.1% actual against 15.4% predicted.
For the population of El Paso County, median household income comes to 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. El Paso County's 245 public schools enroll about 114,356 students and include Panorama Middle School.
Panorama Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Bricker Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 15.1% is below the 25.5% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Panorama Middle School's location as City: Large.
A 40% decrease took enrollment from 562 in 2020-21 to 339 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 11.9:1.
The allk12 page for Panorama Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Soaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 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 Panorama Middle schools
One other US public school is named Panorama Middle. Panorama Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Panorama Middle SchoolPanora, IA · 146 students
Nearby schools
- Bricker Elementary School0.3 mi · 269
- Sierra High School0.6 mi · 843
- Atlas Preparatory Middle School0.7 mi · 473
- Atlas Preparatory Elementary School0.8 mi · 286
- James Irwin Elementary School - Astrozon0.8 mi · 522
- James Irwin Charter Middle School0.8 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Panorama Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Panorama Middle School?
Panorama Middle School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Panorama Middle School serve?
Panorama Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Panorama Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Panorama Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Panorama Middle School?
At Panorama Middle School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 57% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Panorama Middle School public or private?
Panorama Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison School District Two.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.