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Panorama Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

433^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 476 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 9% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Panorama Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Harrison School District No. 2 serving 339 students in southeast Colorado Springs. The school is currently ranked in the 9th percentile of Colorado middle schools, earning a 0-star rating for the 2025–2026 school year. Academically, Panorama trails both its district and the state by a wide margin: just 19.4% of students are proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 32.8% for the district and 44.7% statewide. Math proficiency stands at 13.8%, versus 24.8% for the district and 37.3% statewide, and only 12.7% of 8th graders are proficient in science, compared to 23.8% district and 35.4% state.

The school serves a high-need population — 84.7% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and chronic absenteeism affects nearly half of the student body at 49.3%, well above the district's 33.1% and state's 28.4% rates. This attendance gap is widening. Panorama has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the surrounding area at 11.8:1, but that structural advantage has not translated into academic gains. Even compared to nearby schools with similar poverty levels — Atlas Preparatory Middle School at 24.1% ELA proficiency and Fox Meadow Middle School at 23.7% — Panorama's 19.4% ELA score is the lowest of the group.

The contrast within Panorama's own district is striking: The Vanguard School, also in Harrison School District No. 2, ranks in the 78th percentile with 54.2% ELA proficiency, 50.2% math proficiency, and just 9.0% chronic absenteeism. The one encouraging sign at Panorama is math, which more than doubled from 6.0% to 13.8% proficiency in a single year, though it remains far below the state average. Over the past decade, Panorama has rarely left the bottom 15th percentile of Colorado middle schools, indicating that the challenges of poverty, attendance, and academic recovery remain deeply entrenched.

339

Students ?

11.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,552

Per pupil spending ?

84.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2145 South Chelton
Colorado Springs, CO 80916-2314

(719) 579-3220

District: Harrison School District No. 2

Students who attend Panorama Middle School usually attend:

High:

Sierra High School

Feeder schools for Panorama Middle School:

Elementary:	Bricker Elementary School
	Giberson Elementary School
	Sand Creek International School
	Wildflower Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.2%

White:

17.4%

African American:

16.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (49% vs 28% Colorado)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school16%

District avg28%

Colorado avg41%

433^rd of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 14% (2016) to bottom 9% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5Middle Schools in the Harrison School District No. 2

83^rd of 114Harrison School District No. 2 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
2026	13.3	433 of 476	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	436 of 469	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	415 of 485	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.7	433 of 480	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.8	362 of 369	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	391 of 458	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	352 of 418	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.7	335 of 424	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.1	345 of 400	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.1	386 of 436	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	18.0	392 of 461	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	35.0	320 of 454	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.5	333 of 425	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.0	337 of 422	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	24.5	327 of 409	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.4	300 of 377	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.0	284 of 362	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	26.4	287 of 360	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.7	276 of 346	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	29.1	258 of 340	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	26.0	259 of 336	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	18.7	30 of 33	9.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	17 of 22	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	8.2	353 of 368	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	316 of 350	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	316 of 363	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	309 of 326	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	310 of 352	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	262 of 315	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	20.9	177 of 208	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	148 of 199	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.0	174 of 220	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.9	113 of 165	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	19.7	210 of 241	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	187 of 197	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	188 of 240	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.9	153 of 222	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	13.4	329 of 372	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	324 of 356	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	300 of 343	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	295 of 317	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	9.1	265 of 286	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	244 of 283	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	181 of 199	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2026)15th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)13th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)12th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2019)9th percentile-6 vs school

White (2023)7th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts19%-25 vs state

Math14%-23 vs state

Science13%-23 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, December 9, 2021

A horrible school and unsafe environment for children. Fighting and bullying daily with nothing done to fix the problem. As a parent that wasn’t a good feeling at all knowing the horrible things my child had to face attending this middle school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)					CMAS Math (2026)					CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
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%)	13.3	433^rd of 476 public middle schools	9.0%		10.9	436^th of 469 public middle schools	7.0%	3		18.7	20.2	19.4	19.4		716.0	717.0	17.5	13.8		12.7	$22,552
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%)	20.6	367^th of 476 public middle schools	22.9%		22.2	343^rd of 469 public middle schools	26.9%	24	19.4	17.8	33.9	23.6	24.1	15.3	21.8	17.8	24.2	20.4	20.8	12.5	$20,926
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%)	33.2	289^th of 476 public middle schools	39.3%		49.1	207^th of 469 public middle schools	55.9%	82		30.9	32.2	32.2	31.7		20.6	28.1	32.2	26.7		31.9	$10,972
Jack Swigert Middle School	Public	6-8	4220 East Pikes Peak Ave	Colorado Springs	80909	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%)	10	452^nd of 476 public middle schools	5.0%		8.6	450^th of 469 public middle schools	4.1%	2		8.7	19.6	14.8	14.4		11.5	12.0	13.4	12.3		6.3	$21,265
Sproul Junior High School	Public	6-8	235 Sumac Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	No	(719) 391-3215	504	35	14.4	46.8%	225 (44.6%)	41 (8.1%)	171 (33.9%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	46 (9.1%)	53.8	182^nd of 476 public middle schools	61.8%		50.1	200^th of 469 public middle schools	57.4%	18		39.0	49.3	48.9	45.5		27.4	31.3	48.9	35.4		41.3	$16,469
Fox Meadow Middle School	Public	6-8	1450 Cheyenne Meadows Road	Colorado Springs	80906	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 527-7100	369	28	13.1	81.6%	87 (23.6%)	44 (11.9%)	189 (51.2%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (10.3%)	19.6	377^th of 476 public middle schools	20.8%		19.2	376^th of 469 public middle schools	19.8%	1		18.2	26.3	28.0	23.7		21.3	720.0	709.0	12.7		716.0	$20,681
The Vanguard School (Middle)	Public, Charter	7-8	1832 South Wahsatch	Colorado Springs	80906	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 471-1999	243	17	14.6	35.4%	115 (47.3%)	9 (3.7%)	69 (28.4%)	20 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	29 (11.9%)	76.6	103^rd of 476 public middle schools	78.4%		82.2	64^th of 469 public middle schools	86.4%	39			56.3	51.5	54.2			42.2	60.6	50.2		66.0	$5,629
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%)	39.3	248^th of 476 public middle schools	47.9%		43.1	228^th of 469 public middle schools	51.4%	20		32.9	46.2	34.4	37.8		28.0	27.9	30.9	28.9		30.3	$16,332
Watson Junior High School	Public	6-8	136 Fontaine Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	No	(719) 391-3255	470	35	13.4	51.7%	234 (49.8%)	36 (7.7%)	152 (32.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	41 (8.7%)	34.2	281^st of 476 public middle schools	41.0%		30.4	312^th of 469 public middle schools	33.5%	31		33.5	43.3	31.7	36.1		27.2	29.5	24.0	27.0		19.0	$16,649
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%)	11.9	442^nd of 476 public middle schools	7.1%		8.6	449^th of 469 public middle schools	4.3%	7		715.0	715.0	16.2	13.3		705.0	715.0	10.0	7.1		15.9	$24,241

Frequently Asked Questions about Panorama Middle School

Is Panorama Middle School a good school?

Panorama Middle School ranks in the bottom 9.0% of Colorado middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Panorama Middle School attend?

Students who attend Panorama Middle School usually go on to attend Sierra High School

What is the racial makeup of Panorama Middle School?

Students at Panorama Middle School are 57% Hispanic, 17% White, 17% African American, 7% Two or more races.

How many students attend Panorama Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 339 students attended Panorama Middle School.

What district is Panorama Middle School in?

Harrison School District No. 2

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