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Enrollment
504
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001125
Sproul Junior High School
235 SUMAC DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 · (719) 391-3215 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Colorado public middle schools
- BTest 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
14.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
236 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 164 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 176 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
49.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 31.6% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Sproul Junior High School
Sproul Junior High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sproul Junior High School this school | 504 | 46.8% | 37.7% |
| Janitell Junior High School FOUNTAIN | 658 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| Watson Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 470 | 51.7% | 27.1% |
| James Irwin Charter Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 434 | 53.0% | 40.8% |
| Jenkins Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 791 | 43.6% | 42.7% |
| Holmes Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 600 | 45.5% | 45.6% |
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 Sproul Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #99 of 241 | #16 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #104 of 244 ▼ 9 | #16 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #86 of 246 ▲ 11 | #15 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #114 of 278 | #20 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #67 of 227 | #11 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #19 of 227 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #131 of 246 | #16 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #114 of 169 | #20 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
504
-76 (-13%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 47% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 56% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 34% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 56% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 35.5 | 15.9:1 | 51% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 59% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 46% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 23% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sproul Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (563 to 504); teachers down 1% (35.5 to 35).
About Sproul Junior High School
Sproul Junior High School runs as a mid-sized middle-grades school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school has 504 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Widefield School District 3 counts 9,290 students in its 18 schools, and Sproul Junior High School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Sproul Junior High School, about 45 are White, the largest group. It is also 34% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of El Paso County is roughly 70% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. The average for middle schools in Colorado, 15.9:1, is higher. A total of 236 students, or 47%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sproul Junior High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Colorado public middle schools.
In Colorado, Sproul Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.7% actual against a predicted 38.3%.
The school's county is El Paso County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in El Paso County number 245, with about 114,356 students.
Among nearby public schools, Widefield District 3 Preschool is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sproul Junior High School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sproul Junior High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Sproul Junior High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sproul Junior High School had a net loss of 76 students, or 13%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 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 Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 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
Nearby schools
- Widefield District 3 Preschool0.2 mi · 379
- The Haven School0.5 mi · 240
- Pinello Elementary School0.6 mi · 301
- Discovery High School0.8 mi · 83
- Widefield High School0.9 mi · 1,193
- Widefield Elementary School of the Arts1.0 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Sproul Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Sproul Junior High School?
Sproul Junior High School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sproul Junior High School serve?
Sproul Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sproul Junior High School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Sproul Junior High School.
How diverse is Sproul Junior High School?
Sproul Junior High School reports a student body of 45% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sproul Junior High School public or private?
Sproul Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Widefield School District 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.