School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Discovery Canyon Campus Middle SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · middle (grades 6–8)
+7.4
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School scored 6.0 points above expected in English and 8.8 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 72nd percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 91st), and #1 of 6 neighborhood middle schools in Academy 20.

English vs. expected
+6.0
±2.7 pts · 72nd pct. adjusted
English growth
60
median growth percentile · 86th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+8.8
±1.3 pts · 83rd pct. adjusted
Math growth
65
median growth percentile · 95th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
50%60%70%80%202420252026English 71%Math 69%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+7.3+2.8+8.0
English growth (MGP)545669
Math vs. expected (pts)+8.5+7.7+10.3
Math growth (MGP)586374

Only 88% 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.
Northridge+19.4Altona+13.6Gold Camp+12.5Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Westlake+4.3Challenger+4.1Bear Creek+3.9Westview+3.5Lewis-Palmer+2.8Webber+2.8Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5Ranch View+0.6Cimarron Middle−0.8Lewis-Palmer−0.9Rocky Top−1.8Preston−2.7Fox Ridge−3.2Falcon Bluffs−3.4Nederland Middle-Senior High Sc…−5.0Ken Caryl−5.0Oberon−5.6Drake Junior High School−8.5Crested Butte Secondary School−10.7

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 lunch18%English learners4%Students with IEPs12%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 5.2× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 813. 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.