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Horizon Middle School

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Horizon Middle School ranks 228 th of 469 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

228^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 469 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 51% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Horizon Middle School is a public middle school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving 780 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the El Paso County Colorado School District 49, which is ranked 46 out of 115 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Horizon Middle School's academic performance on CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) tests is generally below the district and state averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in CMAS/English Language Arts was 41.5%, compared to 45.3% for the district and 44.8% for the state. Similarly, the percentage of students proficient or better in CMAS/Math was 28.4%, compared to 34.1% for the district and 35.9% for the state. However, the school's performance on CMAS/Science for 8th grade (39.4% proficient or better) is higher than the district (34.9%) but lower than the state (36.4%).

Horizon Middle School's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. James Irwin Charter Middle School and Skyview Middle School, which are also part of the El Paso County Colorado School District 49, outperform Horizon Middle School in several academic areas. Additionally, Horizon Middle School has experienced relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 8.1% to 9.0% in recent years, and high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 26.8% to 33.5% in recent years.

773

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$54,226

Per pupil spending ?

54.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1750 Piros Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80915-4307

(719) 495-5210

District: El Paso County Colorado School District 49

Students who attend Horizon Middle School usually attend:

High:

Sand Creek High School

Feeder schools for Horizon Middle School:

Elementary:	Evans Elementary School
	Remington Elementary School
	Springs Ranch Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

39.8%

Hispanic:

35.1%

Two or more races:

15.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 28th percentile in 2015 → 51st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Colorado median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 28% Colorado)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

District avg39%

Colorado avg40%

228^th of 469

Colorado public middle schools ?

Top 49%▲ up 23 pts since 2015

From bottom 28% (2015) to top 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Middle Schools in the El Paso County Colorado School District 49

46^th of 115El Paso County Colorado School District 49 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	228 of 469	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.9	259 of 485	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.2	242 of 480	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.2	235 of 448	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.1	281 of 369	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.3	219 of 458	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.8	238 of 418	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.3	262 of 424	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	18.7	337 of 400	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.4	312 of 436	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	43.2	265 of 461	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	46.6	259 of 454	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	55.2	202 of 425	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	53.9	208 of 422	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	61.3	162 of 409	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	56.6	171 of 377	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	59.0	146 of 362	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	56.1	165 of 360	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	46.3	201 of 346	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	55.8	159 of 340	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	53.3	158 of 336	53.0%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	73.3	6 of 33	81.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	206 of 347	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.3	216 of 350	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	203 of 363	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.0	198 of 326	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.8	187 of 352	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.0	200 of 315	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	41.3	94 of 132	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	42.8	92 of 126	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	65.1	45 of 134	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.3	73 of 121	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	52.8	83 of 218	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.8	97 of 199	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.8	109 of 198	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	58.9	55 of 169	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.5	103 of 220	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	68 of 165	58.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	55.0	83 of 241	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.3	99 of 244	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	71 of 241	70.5%	★★★★☆
2022	58.8	55 of 197	72.1%	★★★★☆
2019	70.3	42 of 240	82.5%	★★★★☆
2018	61.2	62 of 222	72.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	39.2	186 of 352	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.9	204 of 357	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	187 of 356	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	173 of 328	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.8	173 of 343	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.9	164 of 317	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	18 of 23	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.2	19 of 25	24.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.2	10 of 17	41.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	19.1	7 of 7	0.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.8	22 of 31	29.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.0	13 of 14	7.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	200 of 275	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	199 of 273	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.1	197 of 286	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.6	187 of 265	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.1	191 of 283	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.6	137 of 199	31.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2019)82nd percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)66th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile+11 vs school

Male (2025)47th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile-11 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)29th percentile-23 vs school

White (2025)27th percentile-24 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)22nd percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts42%-3 vs state

Science39%+3 vs state

Math28%-8 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, April 12, 2019

I am not even sure where to begin with this school. This is one of the absolute worst places to send a child. The principal is not really in touch with his teachers or curriculum and does not get involved with anything. The director of this site is just as worthless. Teachers here are not monitored and therefore participate in bullying students and degrading them if not the teachers pet. Children here are often forgotten with comments such as I "....was doing fine until the 3rd assessment then went down hill. Thank you. I do apologize for not having contacted you earlier in the quarter" what type of communication or explanation is that? Children here are asked to write goals and then told that they are inaccurate and therefore not receiving credit for their opinion. Its their goal why are they being told what to say and if it is not all glamorous and flattering then the kids are punished yet, lol, we don't tell the kids what to write but they just cant say....." Then yes that is exactly telling the kids what they can and can not say or feel heck even think. Kids who need help, don't even bother because none of the teachers nor administrators will take the time to tutor, answer questions, help with resources, homework nothing other than tell you to meet teacher expectations. I am surprised a public institution like this is even allowed federal funding and has yet to be shut down by the CDE since it can not be meeting requirements for kids of any type with needs of any type let alone poor scores the rest of the way around. If kids did not spend the entire 120 minutes working on CMAS tests, they could not receive a reward (ie a candy bar etc) yet they were told that they did not demonstrate hard work and would not be rewarded. What a total crock of you know what. This entire school starting with the admin staff and the long term teachers here should all be fired and an extreme makeover done on this school it is nothing but a disgrace that my tax dollars go to support such a poor school. The bullying here is down played by all and even hinted that there is no bullying going on yet almost every review I have read talks about the horrible bullying going on here. Such a shame. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, January 11, 2016

Horrible middle school. A majority of the students attending this school are living close by in low income apartments. This leads to alot of conflict. The teachers are way underpaid and could care less for your kids. They will not call or contact with issues, they just send automated messages through email. The Principle is an ex Gym teacher that has no clue how to work with kids, the Vice Principle is even worse than him. They run the school like a prison.The teachers do not stay here for long so do not expect anyone seasoned. Close Quote

Schools Near Horizon Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)					CMAS Math (2025)					CMAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Horizon Middle School	Public	6-8	1750 Piros Drive	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 495-5210	773	48	16.2	54.1%	308 (39.8%)	51 (6.6%)	271 (35.1%)	26 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	116 (15.0%)	43.1	228^th of 469 public middle schools	51.4%		38.9	259^th of 485 public middle schools	46.6%	31		36.0	43.2	45.9	41.5		24.1	27.8	33.8	28.4		39.4	$54,226
Sabin Middle School	Public	6-8	3605 North Carefree Circle	Colorado Springs	80917	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7000	540	39	13.7	65.9%	237 (43.9%)	31 (5.7%)	221 (40.9%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.8%)	33.1	290^th of 469 public middle schools	38.2%		29.3	314^th of 485 public middle schools	35.3%	24		29.1	47.2	35.8	37.7		20.6	28.6	22.4	24.1		25.0	$20,024
Jack Swigert Middle School	Public	6-8	4220 East Pikes Peak Ave	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-6900	404	29	13.7	76.5%	84 (20.8%)	35 (8.7%)	243 (60.1%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (8.7%)	8.6	450^th of 469 public middle schools	4.1%		11.6	441^st of 485 public middle schools	9.1%	9		15.7	13.4	13.8	14.2		8.3	8.0	9.0	8.4		11.9	$19,057
Russell Middle School	Public	6-8	3825 East Montebello Drive	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-5200	520	33	15.6	64.4%	236 (45.4%)	37 (7.1%)	198 (38.1%)	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	37 (7.1%)	34.1	285^th of 469 public middle schools	39.2%		34.4	281^st of 485 public middle schools	42.1%	4		33.3	37.4	37.7	36.1		30.0	19.2	27.4	25.5		30.9	$17,985
Skyview Middle School	Public	6-8	6350 Windom Peak Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80923	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 495-5566	862	53	16.2	44.0%	389 (45.1%)	73 (8.5%)	249 (28.9%)	37 (4.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	106 (12.3%)	46.2	214^th of 469 public middle schools	54.4%		52.4	195^th of 485 public middle schools	59.8%	19		45.5	46.2	54.3	48.4		25.6	31.2	27.7	28.1		29.8	$11,241
Atlas Preparatory Middle School	Public, Charter	5-8	1602 South Murray Blvd	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	Yes	(719) 358-7196	473	27	17.3	85.8%	35 (7.4%)	29 (6.1%)	395 (83.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	22.2	343^rd of 469 public middle schools	26.9%		28.7	319^th of 485 public middle schools	34.2%	24	38.0	22.2	40.2	31.9	32.6	18.2	10.2	18.0	19.5	16.4	31.2	20.5	$18,569
Panorama Middle School	Public	6-8	2145 South Chelton	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-3220	339	29	11.8	84.7%	59 (17.4%)	56 (16.5%)	194 (57.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.1%)	10.9	436^th of 469 public middle schools	7.0%		14	415^th of 485 public middle schools	14.4%	21		16.1			19.4			9.7		6.0		12.7	$21,535
James Irwin Charter Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	5525 Astrozon Blvd	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 591-2122	434	31	13.9	53.0%	144 (33.2%)	37 (8.5%)	201 (46.3%)	11 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	38 (8.8%)	49.1	207^th of 469 public middle schools	55.9%		59.7	159^th of 485 public middle schools	67.2%	48		36.6	45.8	45.9	42.6		25.5	32.8	47.4	35.1		37.6	$8,977
Galileo Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	1600 North Union Blvd	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	Yes	No	Yes	(719) 328-2200	277	20	13.8	82.3%	89 (32.1%)	30 (10.8%)	133 (48.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.3%)	8.6	449^th of 469 public middle schools	4.3%		9.3	456^th of 485 public middle schools	6.0%	7		11.1	25.6	11.7	15.9		5.4	7.7	8.0	6.9		10.8	$21,290
Jenkins Middle School	Public	6-8	6410 Austin Bluffs Parkway	Colorado Springs	80923	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-5300	791	41	19.2	43.6%	443 (56.0%)	40 (5.1%)	217 (27.4%)	15 (1.9%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	68 (8.6%)	60.3	155^th of 469 public middle schools	67.0%		57.3	173^rd of 485 public middle schools	64.3%	18		47.1	61.5	51.2	53.3		31.3	35.3	42.8	36.3		42.5	$15,954

Frequently Asked Questions about Horizon Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Horizon Middle School?

Students at Horizon Middle School are 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 15% Two or more races, 7% African American, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Horizon Middle School attend?

Students who attend Horizon Middle School usually go on to attend Sand Creek High School

What district is Horizon Middle School in?

El Paso County Colorado School District 49

How many students attend Horizon Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 773 students attended Horizon Middle School.

Is Horizon Middle School a good school?

Horizon Middle School ranks 228^th of 469 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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