Challenger Middle School
10215 Lexington Dr
Colorado Springs CO, 80920, El Paso County
Phone: 719-234-3000
Ranking: 
(136 out of 1,246, top 11%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 |
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % |
Total Teachers: | 45 | | 45 | | 43 | | 41 | | 39 | | 37 | | 36 | |
Total Students: | 766 | | 718 | | 720 | | 691 | | 635 | | 634 | | 583 | |
Grade 6: | 277 | 36.2% | 221 | 30.8% | 240 | 33.3% | 241 | 34.9% | 201 | 31.7% | 183 | 28.9% | 181 | 31.0% |
Grade 7: | 242 | 31.6% | 242 | 33.7% | 253 | 35.1% | 221 | 32.0% | 202 | 31.8% | 207 | 32.6% | 223 | 38.3% |
Grade 8: | 247 | 32.2% | 255 | 35.5% | 227 | 31.5% | 229 | 33.1% | 232 | 36.5% | 244 | 38.5% | 179 | 30.7% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: |
Male: | 397 | 51.8% | 371 | 51.7% | 377 | 52.4% | 370 | 53.5% | 334 | 52.6% | 335 | 52.8% | 312 | 53.5% |
Female: | 369 | 48.2% | 347 | 48.3% | 343 | 47.6% | 321 | 46.5% | 293 | 46.1% | 291 | 45.9% | 267 | 45.8% |
Student By Races: |
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% |
Asian: | 31 | 4.0% | 28 | 3.9% | 19 | 2.6% | 23 | 3.3% | 30 | 4.7% | 34 | 5.4% | 25 | 4.3% |
Hispanic: | 82 | 10.7% | 87 | 12.1% | 75 | 10.4% | 83 | 12.0% | 48 | 7.6% | 50 | 7.9% | 41 | 7.0% |
Black: | 19 | 2.5% | 12 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.1% | 8 | 1.2% | 14 | 2.2% | 19 | 3.0% | 17 | 2.9% |
White: | 584 | 76.2% | 549 | 76.5% | 586 | 81.4% | 548 | 79.3% | 543 | 85.5% | 530 | 83.6% | 498 | 85.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 42 | 5.5% | 36 | 5.0% | 28 | 3.9% | 28 | 4.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: |
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 54 | 7.0% | 52 | 7.2% | 46 | 6.4% | 40 | 5.8% | 27 | 4.3% | 18 | 2.8% | 13 | 2.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 9 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.3% | 16 | 2.2% | 17 | 2.5% | 10 | 1.6% | 7 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.06 | | 15.85 | | 16.74 | | 16.85 | | 16.24 | | 17.10 | | 16.20 | |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CSAP |
2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 75 | N/A |
2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 78 | N/A |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 77 | N/A |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 78 | N/A |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 75 | 77 | N/A |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 75 | 77 | N/A |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 76 | N/A |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 76 | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 88 | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 87 | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 85 | 87 | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 90 | 86 | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 85 | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 91 | 87 | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 88 | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 86 | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 81 | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 81 | 81 | N/A |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 77 | N/A |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 77 | N/A |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 75 | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77 | 77 | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 75 | 75 | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 72 | 76 | N/A |
2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 61 | N/A |
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 70 | N/A |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 66 | N/A |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 72 | N/A |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 63 | 62 | N/A |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 73 | N/A |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 58 | 63 | N/A |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 71 | 70 | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 83 | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 86 | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 85 | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 88 | 85 | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 82 | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 84 | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 84 | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 82 | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 81 | 76 | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 79 | N/A |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 79 | N/A |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 80 | N/A |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 75 | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 80 | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 77 | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 75 | N/A |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 57 | 56 | N/A |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 63 | N/A |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 63 | 64 | N/A |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 66 | N/A |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 62 | 64 | N/A |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 63 | 65 | N/A |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 72 | 67 | N/A |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 62 | 65 | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 84 | 83 | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 87 | 85 | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 86 | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 83 | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 83 | 84 | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 82 | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 89 | 86 | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 86 | 83 | N/A |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 66 | 70 | N/A |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 71 | N/A |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 72 | 72 | N/A |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 85 | 74 | N/A |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 67 | N/A |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 70 | 66 | N/A |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 79 | 70 | N/A |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 73 | 67 | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 69 | 69 | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 76 | 75 | N/A |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 74 | 74 | N/A |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 80 | 73 | N/A |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 81 | 74 | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 68 | 70 | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 82 | 76 | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 78 | 75 | N/A |
TCAP |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 75.4 | 74.9 | N/A |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 82.8 | 75.8 | N/A |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 91.1 | 87.4 | N/A |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 90.1 | 87.6 | N/A |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77.4 | 70.2 | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % Proficient | 77.5 | 74.3 | N/A |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 60.7 | 70.0 | N/A |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 73.9 | 70.0 | N/A |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 83.8 | 84.3 | N/A |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 88.4 | 82.0 | N/A |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 76.5 | 78.7 | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % Proficient | 87.1 | 77.3 | N/A |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 70.4 | 68.2 | N/A |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 68.2 | 66.2 | N/A |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 83.9 | 83.4 | N/A |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 87.5 | 85.3 | N/A |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 73.6 | 68.1 | N/A |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 67.8 | 70.7 | N/A |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 74.5 | 73.8 | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % Proficient | 77.3 | 75.1 | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | 2006 |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 39.0% | 40.9% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 61.0% | 59.1% |
|
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 12.0 years | 12.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 24.4% | 25.0% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 75.6% | 75.0% |
|
Mean Base Salary: | $43,842.0 | $43,414.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $35,628.0 | $34,473.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $46,492.0 | $46,394.0 |
* Challenger Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.