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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000263
Russell Middle School
3825 EAST MONTEBELLO DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918 · (719) 328-5200 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+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
15.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
335 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 | 183 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 32% |
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
36.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 26.1% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Russell Middle School
Russell Middle School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Middle School this school | 520 | 64.4% | 29.9% |
| Sabin Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 540 | 65.9% | 28.1% |
| North Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 636 | 62.7% | 42.4% |
| North Arvada Middle School ARVADA | 464 | 66.8% | 23.7% |
| Everitt Middle School WHEAT RIDGE | 456 | 56.6% | 29.2% |
| Lincoln Middle School FORT COLLINS | 552 | 66.7% | 32.3% |
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 Russell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #137 of 241 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #124 of 244 ▼ 12 | #19 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #156 of 246 ▼ 15 | #24 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #111 of 278 | #19 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #101 of 227 | #16 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #29 of 227 | #13 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #78 of 246 | #9 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #85 of 169 | #17 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
520
-49 (-9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 520 | 33.3 | 15.6:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 34.4 | 15.5:1 | 66% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 32.2 | 15.8:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 63% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 65% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 62% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 50% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 27% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 38 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (624 to 520); teachers down 10% (37 to 33.3).
About Russell Middle School
Families in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, are served by Russell Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 520 students.
Russell Middle School is among 60 schools run by Colorado Springs School District 11, which serves 22,293 students.
The most common group at Russell Middle School is White students, at 45%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 25 points below the 70% share among El Paso County residents. Russell Middle School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Russell Middle School was 15.6:1. That matches the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 64%. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 42%.
Measured against Colorado public middle schools, Russell Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Russell Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 27.7%. Russell Middle School scores 29.9%, 2.3 points above that line.
El Paso County has these Census figures: the median household income is $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 is home to 245 public schools and about 114,356 public school students.
Keller Elementary School is the public school closest to Russell Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Russell Middle School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 569.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Russell Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Russell Middle. Russell Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Russell Middle SchoolWinder, GA · 973 students
- RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 760 students
- Russell Middle SchoolRussell, KY · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Keller Elementary School0.1 mi · 326
- Fremont Elementary School0.7 mi · 308
- Grant Elementary School0.8 mi · 350
- Doherty High School0.9 mi · 1,715
- King Elementary School1.3 mi · 270
- Carver Elementary School1.3 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Russell Middle School?
Russell Middle School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Russell Middle School serve?
Russell Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Russell Middle School have?
Russell Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell Middle School?
Student demographics at Russell Middle School are roughly 45% White, 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Russell Middle School?
Russell Middle 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.