Summary:
ZIP code 80906 in Colorado Springs, CO, contains 12 schools serving approximately 5,470 students in grades PK through 12, split between Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 (6 schools, ~3,280 students) and Harrison School District No. 2 (6 schools, ~2,190 students).
The Cheyenne Mountain side is consistently elite, ranking 3rd out of 115 Colorado districts, with all six schools rated 4 or 5 stars. Cheyenne Mountain High School ranks 23rd of 349 high schools with a 95.6% graduation rate and 0.6% dropout rate. Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School posts 68.7% ELA and 57.9% math proficiency, far exceeding state averages of 44.7% and 37.3%. At the elementary level, Gold Camp Elementary School and Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School rank in the 91st percentile; Broadmoor Elementary School reaches 84.8% ELA proficiency in 6th grade.
Harrison schools face deep challenges: most are rated 1 star, with roughly 75% free/reduced lunch and 46% chronic absenteeism versus 10.6% in Cheyenne Mountain. The achievement gap is stark — elementary math proficiency averages about 68% in Cheyenne Mountain versus 21% in Harrison. Still, Harrison High School posts a 92.2% graduation rate, above the state's 85.6%, and Oak Creek Elementary School leads Harrison elementary schools at 33.3% ELA. Fox Meadow Middle School trails dramatically at 12.7% math proficiency. Grade-level anomalies also stand out: Otero Elementary School jumps from 5.4% to 46.7% in math between 3rd and 4th grade, while Pinon Valley Elementary School scores just 35.4% in 5th grade science, far below its district's 53.3% average. Alternative schools face the steepest hurdles: Career Readiness Academy has 83.2% chronic absenteeism, and Aspire Online Academy graduates just 65.4% of students. Notably, Harrison schools often have lower student-teacher ratios than Cheyenne Mountain yet produce far lower scores — the ZIP code alone does not define school quality; district assignment matters immensely.
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