Sabin Middle School

Sabin Middle School, an average-sized middle-grades school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, educates 540 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 22,293 students. Sabin Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sabin Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sabin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.1%.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Sabin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Penrose Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sabin Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sabin Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.5%.

Sabin Middle School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sabin Middle School's enrollment has declined 34% since 2018, when it stood at 816 (now 540). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 30% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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