The Vanguard School (Middle)

The Vanguard School (Middle) operates as a cozy junior high in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an. Current enrollment sits at 243 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

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

On demographics, The Vanguard School (Middle) reports that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting The Vanguard School (Middle) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, The Vanguard School (Middle) sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.3%; actual is 59.0%, +13.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for El Paso County shows median household earnings sit near $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), The Vanguard School (Middle) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Vanguard School (High), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, The Vanguard School (Middle) comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The Vanguard School (Middle) operates from an inner-city location. The Vanguard School (Middle) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.