Summary:
Zip code 80924 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is served by a single middle school: Chinook Trail Middle School, which enrolls 1,075 students in grades 6-8 and operates within the 5-star rated Academy School District No. 20, the 10th-ranked district among 115 in Colorado. Since only one middle school is present in this zip code, Chinook Trail is both the only option and a standout in its own right, consistently earning 4 stars from the state and recently ranking 71st out of 469 Colorado middle schools, placing it in the top 15% statewide.
Academically, Chinook Trail significantly outperforms the state in every subject. In the 2025-2026 school year, 61.7% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (versus 44.7% statewide), 51.9% were proficient in math (versus 37.3% statewide), and 52.6% of 8th graders were proficient in science (versus 35.4% statewide). The school matches its district nearly exactly in ELA (61.7% vs. 61.8%) but slightly trails the district in math (51.9% vs. 54.7%) and science (52.6% vs. 58.7%). Within the school, 8th graders show the strongest proficiency in both ELA (66.2%) and math (56.2%), while 7th-grade math is the relative weak spot at 49.1%.
Chinook Trail has demonstrated meaningful improvement, most notably in math, which jumped by 7.2 percentage points from 44.7% to 51.9% year over year, a gain that likely fueled the school's rise from 104th to 71st in the state rankings. The school serves a relatively affluent population, with only 16.93% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.4% is well below the state average of 28.4% and slightly below the district's 19.7%. Dropout data shows 0.0%, and the school's consistent 4-star ratings over the past three years make it a reliable, high-performing option for families in the Colorado Springs area.
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