📍 1750 Piros Drive, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 80915
Horizon Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Colorado Springs, El Paso County. The school has 761 pupils enrolled. It is part of the El Paso County Colorado School District 49 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Horizon Middle School enrolls 761 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 329 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 247 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 96 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 8.8% |
| Asian | 16 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
407 of the school's 761 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Horizon Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Horizon Middle School is one of 30 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49, based in PEYTON, Colorado. The district serves 25,689 students district-wide and employs 1,261 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 761 students, Horizon Middle School is close to the district average of about 856 students per school.
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