School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Challenger Middle SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · middle (grades 6–8)
+4.0
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Challenger Middle School scored 4.1 points above expected in English and 3.9 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 65th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 91st), and #2 of 6 neighborhood middle schools in Academy 20.

English vs. expected
+4.1
±2.6 pts · 65th pct. adjusted
English growth
61
median growth percentile · 87th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+3.9
±2.6 pts · 68th pct. adjusted
Math growth
60
median growth percentile · 83rd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
50%60%70%80%202420252026English 65%Math 57%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+7.3+2.1+3.2
English growth (MGP)665861
Math vs. expected (pts)+6.4+4.3+1.2
Math growth (MGP)675855

Only 81% of students took the tests; families who opt out may differ from those who test.

Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Denver Green School Northfield+20.8Northridge+19.4Altona+13.6Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Kenneth Homyak PK-8+5.8Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Challenger+4.1Bear Creek+3.9Webber+2.8Lesher+2.6Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5Lewis-Palmer−0.9Jenkins−1.2Eagleview−1.4Preston−2.7Miller−2.7Falcon Bluffs−3.4Nederland Middle-Senior High Sc…−5.0Oberon−5.6Timberview−7.0Drake Junior High School−8.5Crested Butte Secondary School−10.7Riverview PK-8−11.0Windsor−12.0

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+60%Free/reduced-price lunch19%English learners2%Students with IEPs9%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.5× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 685. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.