School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · middle (grades 6–8)
+0.4
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Mountain Ridge Middle School scored 2.0 points above expected in English and 1.1 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 55th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 76th), and #3 of 6 neighborhood middle schools in Academy 20. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
+2.0
±2.8 pts · 55th pct. adjusted
English growth
61
median growth percentile · 88th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−1.1
±1.3 pts · 44th pct. adjusted
Math growth
54
median growth percentile · 61st among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
30%40%50%60%70%202420252026English 59%Math 42%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+0.2+0.7+5.4
English growth (MGP)575868
Math vs. expected (pts)−0.5−1.3−1.6
Math growth (MGP)535653

Only 87% 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+20.8Altona+13.6Palmer Lake+6.7Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Westlake+4.3Challenger+4.1Westview+3.5Manitou Springs+2.9Webber+2.8Cache La Poudre+2.0Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5Lewis-Palmer−0.9Jenkins−1.2Mandalay−1.9Preston−2.7Miller−2.7Falcon Bluffs−3.4Oberon−5.6Falcon−8.1Summit Ridge−8.8Riverview PK-8−11.0Windsor−12.0Severance−13.1

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+57%Free/reduced-price lunch35%English learners6%Students with IEPs11%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.5× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 710. 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.