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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80920

At a glance

Schools

9,186

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedChallenger Middle School44^th of 469 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Explorer Elementary School up 73 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

High Plains Elementary School 10 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

High Plains Elementary School

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The zip code 80920 in Colorado Springs, Colorado is home to 17 schools, including 8 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 5 high schools, all part of the highly-ranked Academy School District No. 20. The district is ranked 13th out of 115 school districts in Colorado and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating a strong educational system in the area.

Among the standout schools in the area are Challenger Middle School, ranked 44th out of 469 Colorado middle schools with a 5-star rating, and Village Middle School, ranked 32nd out of 485 Colorado middle schools, also with a 5-star rating. These schools excel in test scores, with Challenger Middle having 59.7% of 8th graders proficient or better in CMAS Science, and Village Middle having 68.8% of 8th graders proficient or better in the same subject. At the high school level, Ascend College Prep stands out, ranked 64th out of 349 Colorado high schools with a 4-star rating and 86% of 11th graders proficient or better in SAT Reading and Writing.

While the overall performance of the schools in the 80920 zip code is strong, with high graduation rates and low dropout rates, there are some areas for improvement. The chronic absenteeism rates across the schools are high, ranging from 27.7% to 33.19%, which can negatively impact student learning and achievement. Additionally, the free/reduced lunch rates vary significantly, from 16.25% at Mountain View Elementary to 53.82% at High Plains Elementary, indicating a diverse socioeconomic population that may contribute to the differences in academic performance observed.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)			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	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	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	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 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	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	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Ascend College Prep	Public	10-12	1650 Telstar Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	No	No	No	No	(877) 449-4199	109	6	18.0		90 (82.6%)	1 (0.9%)	9 (8.3%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.5%)	86	41^st of 328 public high schools	87.5%		79.3	64^th of 349 public high schools	81.7%	23	100.0				86.0																		44.2	$10,809
Challenger Middle School	Public	6-8	10215 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3000	696	41	17.1	16.8%	468 (67.2%)	24 (3.4%)	101 (14.5%)	46 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	54 (7.8%)	88.7	44^th of 469 public middle schools	90.6%		92.7	29^th of 485 public middle schools	94.0%	15										65.2	68.3	73.3	68.7				59.3	58.1	62.0	59.8		59.7		$13,232
Mountain View Elementary School	Public	K-5	10095 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4800	567	32	17.7	25.7%	342 (60.3%)	25 (4.4%)	106 (18.7%)	38 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (9.5%)	69.9	269^th of 950 public elementary schools	71.7%		76.5	197^th of 943 public elementary schools	79.1%	72							45.2	49.1	67.3				53.6	41.9	51.3	59.4				50.8	57.0			$13,129
Prairie Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	8025 Telegraph Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 234-5100	348	25	14.2	40.8%	245 (70.4%)	8 (2.3%)	60 (17.2%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.8%)	62.2	343^rd of 950 public elementary schools	63.9%		59.2	372^nd of 943 public elementary schools	60.6%	29							54.5	39.6	64.4				53.4	37.9	28.3	54.2				40.4	59.3			$15,506
Aspen Valley High School	Public	9-12	1450 Chapel Hills Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-6000	90	12	7.6	46.7%	61 (67.8%)	5 (5.6%)	15 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.0%)								(n/a)					34.0																			$29,291
High Plains Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2248 Vintage Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 234-4700	248	25	10.0	56.5%	100 (40.3%)	14 (5.6%)	106 (42.7%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (8.1%)	35.3	570^th of 950 public elementary schools	40.0%					(n/a)							17.1	34.4	44.2				32.7	25.0	21.2	40.0				29.8	42.2			$20,380
Rampart High School	Public	9-12	8250 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-2000	1,305	78	16.8	31.4%	783 (60.0%)	49 (3.8%)	298 (22.8%)	59 (4.5%)	4 (0.3%)	7 (0.5%)	105 (8.0%)	74.5	85^th of 328 public high schools	74.1%		74.5	80^th of 349 public high schools	77.1%	5	73.0	47.0	77.0	49.0	76.0	45.0																	48.1	$14,647
Frontier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3755 Meadow Ridge Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 234-4600	262	24	10.9	48.1%	142 (54.2%)	7 (2.7%)	76 (29.0%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	30 (11.5%)	45.8	480^th of 950 public elementary schools	49.5%		37.6	545^th of 943 public elementary schools	42.2%	65							46.9	47.8	52.6				49.1	34.4	17.4	43.6				30.8	31.6			$18,917
Liberty High School	Public	9-12	8720 Scarborough Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-2200	1,526	88	17.4	25.4%	1,011 (66.3%)	56 (3.7%)	285 (18.7%)	33 (2.2%)	5 (0.3%)	7 (0.5%)	129 (8.5%)	71.4	96^th of 328 public high schools	70.7%		71	91^st of 349 public high schools	73.9%	5	80.0	37.0	82.0	44.0	75.0	43.0																	41.3	$13,913
Timberview Middle School	Public	6-8	8680 Scarborough Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3600	837	51	16.5	31.8%	545 (65.1%)	25 (3.0%)	179 (21.4%)	22 (2.6%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (7.0%)	64.5	142^nd of 469 public middle schools	69.7%		57.8	170^th of 485 public middle schools	64.9%	28										56.2	59.7	50.0	55.4				40.7	40.1	36.4	39.1		42.9		$13,554
Explorer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4190 Bardot Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4400	470	29	16.0	27.4%	287 (61.1%)	19 (4.0%)	97 (20.6%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	53 (11.3%)	77.7	204^th of 950 public elementary schools	78.5%		69.1	277^th of 943 public elementary schools	70.6%	73							60.3	68.8	64.5				64.3	57.5	76.9	46.1				59.3	44.0			$13,588
Mountain Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	9150 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-3200	690	44	15.8	35.2%	398 (57.7%)	28 (4.1%)	169 (24.5%)	27 (3.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	63 (9.1%)	63.5	145^th of 469 public middle schools	69.1%		67.7	133^rd of 485 public middle schools	72.6%	12										47.4	63.1	51.8	54.7				32.4	44.7	38.5	39.0		42.9		$14,252
Academy Endeavour Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3475 Hampton Park Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-5600	347	26	13.6	23.3%	239 (68.9%)	4 (1.2%)	71 (20.5%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.9%)	67.7	292^nd of 950 public elementary schools	69.3%		62.9	336^th of 943 public elementary schools	64.4%	44							54.3	51.6	49.3				51.4	60.9	45.3	49.3				50.8	50.7			$15,431
Academy International Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8550 Charity Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4000	368	25	15.0	15.5%	201 (54.6%)	20 (5.4%)	54 (14.7%)	33 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (16.3%)	74.5	231^st of 950 public elementary schools	75.7%		73.6	227^th of 943 public elementary schools	75.9%	4							56.3	60.7	67.7				61.6	46.9	50.8	60.0				52.6	45.3			$15,255
Village High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	1110 Chapel Hills Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 234-1970	532	30	17.6		412 (77.4%)	16 (3.0%)	63 (11.8%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.2%)	82.2	51^st of 328 public high schools	84.5%		85.6	46^th of 349 public high schools	86.8%	5	77.0		84.0		80.0																			$12,122
Village Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	3475 Hampton Park Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 234-1940	163	6	26.2	16.0%	124 (76.1%)	4 (2.5%)	23 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	75.7	96^th of 469 public middle schools	79.5%		91.9	32^nd of 485 public middle schools	93.4%	64										57.9			70.0				40.0			37.8		68.8		$12,179
New Summit Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	7899 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 283-1731	628	37	17.2	37.9%	386 (61.5%)	22 (3.5%)	135 (21.5%)	23 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (9.6%)	43.8	505^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.8%		63.9	327^th of 943 public elementary schools	65.3%	178							50.0	37.7	39.4	45.9			43.7	36.8	26.0	31.0	32.8			31.2	41.4	46.5		$14,290

Cities Near Zip Code 80920

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Colorado Springs	0.44 mi	194	99^th
Usaf Academy	4.82 mi	2	45^th
Peyton	7.39 mi	7	108^th
Falcon	8.33 mi	6	89^th
Monument	8.78 mi	8	40^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.