The Vanguard School (High)

The Vanguard School (High) operates as a compact senior high in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an. Current enrollment sits at 303 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 52% below typical.

Across the 28 schools in Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an (11,938 students total), The Vanguard School (High) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, The Vanguard School (High) logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, The Vanguard School (High) has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, The Vanguard School (High) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $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%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which The Vanguard School (High) is one.

Nearest neighbor: The Vanguard School (Middle), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Vanguard School (High) at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. The Vanguard School (High) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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