Fox Meadow Middle School

Summary:

Fox Meadow Middle School is a public middle school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving 418 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Harrison School District No. 2, which is ranked 72 out of 116 school districts in the state.

While Fox Meadow Middle School has a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (51.2%) compared to the state average for middle schools (around 30%), it consistently underperforms academically compared to the state and district averages on CMAS assessments in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.2% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 44.1% and the district average of 37.5%. The school also has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 67.94% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Interestingly, when compared to nearby schools like James Irwin Charter Middle School, which outperforms Fox Meadow across all CMAS assessments, it becomes clear that Fox Meadow is struggling academically.

Over the past several years, Fox Meadow Middle School's statewide ranking has steadily declined, from being ranked 184 out of 424 Colorado middle schools in 2016-2017 to being ranked 362 out of 485 in 2023-2024. To address these issues, the school and district should consider implementing targeted interventions and support programs, exploring ways to better support the unique needs of the school's diverse student population, and collaborating with high-performing nearby schools to identify and implement best practices that could benefit Fox Meadow Middle School.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1450 Cheyenne Meadows Road
       Colorado Springs, CO  80906-4919


(719) 527-7100

District: Harrison School District No. 2

SchoolDigger Rank:
362nd of 485 Colorado Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,636 Help


Students who attend Fox Meadow Middle School usually attend:

High:    Harrison High School

Feeder schools for Fox Meadow Middle School:

Elementary:    Oak Creek Elementary School
    Otero Elementary School
    Stratton Meadows Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  418

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.2%
White:
24.9%
Two or more races:
10.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  67.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fox Meadow Middle School ranks worse than 74.6% of middle schools in Colorado. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Harrison School District No. 2. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.07. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Fox Meadow Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Harrison School District No. 2.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fox Meadow Middle School is $15,636, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Harrison School District No. 2.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fox Meadow Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fox Meadow Middle School 362nd of 485 Colorado public middle schools. (See Fox Meadow Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Hispanic students:
White students:


Harrison School District No. 2:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrison School District No. 2 72nd of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fox Meadow Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 23.21 270th 336 19.6%
2005 18.97 291st 340 14.4%
2006 19.75 293rd 346 15.3%
2007 30.35 275th 360 23.6%
2008 22.99 298th 362 17.7%
2009 21.61 316th 377 16.2%
2010 27.09 321st 409 21.5%
2011 21.67 347th 422 17.8%
2012 29.78 315th 425 25.9%
2013 47.18 255th 454 43.8%
2014 46.73 246th 461 46.6%
2015 59.86 146th 436 66.5%
2016 48.47 180th 400 55.0%
2017 49.79 184th 424 56.6%
2018 33.42 269th 418 35.6%
2019 29.72 305th 458 33.4%
2021 20.16 312th 369 15.4%
2022 26.45 308th 448 31.3%
2023 22.88 354th 480 26.3%
2024 21.07 362nd 485 25.4%
See the entire list of Colorado Middle School Rankings!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.44 79th 222 64.4%
2019 53.67 94th 240 60.8%
2021 36.08 73rd 114 36.0%
2022 45.44 90th 197 54.3%
2023 46.88 105th 241 56.4%
2024 32.90 164th 244 32.8%
See the entire list of Best Colorado Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.36 210th 315 33.3%
2019 32.58 235th 352 33.2%
2021 17.82 228th 254 10.2%
2022 22.00 251st 326 23.0%
2023 18.33 291st 363 19.8%
2024 17.69 286th 350 18.3%
See the entire list of Best Colorado Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.55 231st 317 27.1%
2019 23.38 257th 343 25.1%
2021 21.54 212th 249 14.9%
2022 25.42 229th 328 30.2%
2023 27.16 239th 356 32.9%
2024 17.92 288th 357 19.3%
See the entire list of Best Colorado Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.05 12th 22 45.5%
2019 41.51 19th 33 42.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.97 75th 165 54.5%
2019 48.64 102nd 220 53.6%
2021 30.67 63rd 83 24.1%
2022 36.23 104th 169 38.5%
2023 31.90 129th 198 34.8%
2024 32.40 126th 199 36.7%
See the entire list of Best Colorado Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Fox Meadow Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.61 167th 199 16.1%
2019 18.03 238th 283 15.9%
2021 15.50 187th 203 7.9%
2022 13.68 233rd 265 12.1%
2023 16.08 244th 286 14.7%
2024 15.71 232nd 273 15.0%
See the entire list of Best Colorado Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Colorado Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3.3)
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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Open Quote Most teachers here are great, but the school has areas for improvement. Grade averages are low as of 2013 in math, reading and language arts. My child attended there for just over a month before we placed her into a different school due to a variety of issues that I felt were poorly handled. School needs to ensure that ALL staff understand how to handle children and parents with respect.

Female gym teacher disrespected me to my face and to my daughter with regards to a hand injury and a doctors note saying she can't write for 2 days. She felt it was unreasonable. Tried to force her to write with other hand, and when she couldn't pointed her out in front of class to try to abuse peer pressure to get my child to write.

A teacher sent my child down to the school nurse for a migraine, school nurse turned my child away for not having a hall pass...my child had to go back to other side of building to get it in order to get assistance from the nurse and to get me called to pick her up.

These are just two situations that we experienced before we enrolled her elsewhere. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Open Quote Minutes from Fort Carson, shopping, freeway. Besides a beautiful view of Cheyenne Mountain. An awesome, safe neighborhood surrounds the school. If I didn't have to drive to go to work to drop off my children, I'd feel good about them walking home safely. Wonderful teachers. I wish my oldest daughter had gone there instead of in another district we were stuck in. Close Quote


by a citizen
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Open Quote The school has been making great changes in collaboration with the community to develop and maintain an atmosphere focused on and thriving with achievement. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Fox Meadow Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 423 95 33 98 8 n/a n/a 0 657
1989 389 102 36 97 5 n/a n/a 0 629
1990 358 98 41 99 11 n/a n/a 0 607
1991 370 108 43 97 17 n/a n/a 0 635
1992 414 88 51 116 13 n/a n/a 0 682
1993 422 125 39 127 10 n/a n/a 0 723
1994 427 128 42 138 8 n/a n/a 0 743
1995 378 137 46 170 11 n/a n/a 0 742
1996 378 137 46 170 11 n/a n/a 0 742
1997 349 135 47 164 11 n/a n/a 0 706
1998 336 143 30 169 8 n/a n/a 0 686
1999 327 119 38 167 8 n/a n/a 0 659
2000 334 131 46 185 9 n/a n/a 0 705
2001 337 118 35 202 7 n/a n/a 0 699
2002 249 113 33 234 11 n/a n/a 0 640
2003 249 113 33 234 11 n/a n/a 0 640
2004 195 96 34 224 11 n/a n/a 0 560
2005 257 103 35 264 13 n/a n/a 0 672
2006 228 101 41 256 9 n/a n/a 0 635
2007 221 102 37 219 16 n/a n/a 0 595
2008 175 90 31 211 17 n/a n/a 0 524
2009 183 88 29 197 11 n/a n/a 0 508
2010 179 85 26 213 6 n/a n/a 0 509
2011 155 81 15 213 9 2 25 0 500
2012 175 81 23 232 10 1 3 0 525
2013 180 80 31 218 7 0 6 0 522
2014 150 79 13 240 11 3 36 0 532
2015 143 86 11 220 7 7 44 0 518
2016 167 89 16 243 8 11 49 0 583
2017 173 103 9 258 9 12 39 0 603
2018 180 89 11 292 10 7 51 0 640
2019 178 92 11 287 7 5 58 0 638
2020 155 88 9 269 4 3 55 0 583
2021 150 92 10 260 5 2 54 0 573
2022 124 67 11 245 3 0 49 0 499
2023 104 39 13 214 1 2 45 0 418

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fox Meadow Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 657 41.2 15.9 n/a
1989 629 40.8 15.4 39.6
1990 607 40.6 14.9 32.6
1991 635 42.9 14.8 41.3
1992 682 41.2 16.5 41.3
1993 723 42.0 17.2 50.2
1994 743 42.4 17.5 48.6
1995 742 46.6 15.9 48.7
1996 742 46.6 15.9 48.7
1997 706 48.1 14.7 48.2
1998 686 47.5 14.4 46.1
1999 659 44.5 14.8 43.9
2000 705 46.5 15.2 61.3
2001 699 48.0 14.6 59.7
2002 640 50.5 12.7 69.7
2003 640 50.5 12.7 69.7
2004 560 43.9 12.8 76.6
2005 672 48.4 13.9 71.1
2006 635 40.6 15.6 69
2007 595 40.9 14.5 66.9
2008 524 40.4 13.0 71.4
2009 508 40.6 12.5 76
2010 509 39.3 12.9 77.4
2011 500 36.7 13.6 73.6
2012 525 33.7 15.5 70.7
2013 522 35.8 14.5 70.5
2014 532 34.5 15.4 72.7
2015 518 34.0 15.2 74.9
2016 583 33.0 17.6 71
2017 603 34.0 17.7 80.9
2018 640 36.4 17.5 80.2
2019 638 41.7 15.2 78.4
2020 583 41.6 14.0 80.8
2021 573 35.6 16.0 80.6
2022 499 34.0 14.6 69.9
2023 418 30.0 13.9 67.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fox Meadow Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 657 41.2 15.9 n/a
1989 629 40.8 15.4 39.6
1990 607 40.6 14.9 32.6
1991 635 42.9 14.8 41.3
1992 682 41.2 16.5 41.3
1993 723 42.0 17.2 50.2
1994 743 42.4 17.5 48.6
1995 742 46.6 15.9 48.7
1996 742 46.6 15.9 48.7
1997 706 48.1 14.7 48.2
1998 686 47.5 14.4 46.1
1999 659 44.5 14.8 43.9
2000 705 46.5 15.2 61.3
2001 699 48.0 14.6 59.7
2002 640 50.5 12.7 69.7
2003 640 50.5 12.7 69.7
2004 560 43.9 12.8 76.6
2005 672 48.4 13.9 71.1
2006 635 40.6 15.6 69
2007 595 40.9 14.5 66.9
2008 524 40.4 13.0 71.4
2009 508 40.6 12.5 76
2010 509 39.3 12.9 77.4
2011 500 36.7 13.6 73.6
2012 525 33.7 15.5 70.7
2013 522 35.8 14.5 70.5
2014 532 34.5 15.4 72.7
2015 518 34.0 15.2 74.9
2016 583 33.0 17.6 71
2017 603 34.0 17.7 80.9
2018 640 36.4 17.5 80.2
2019 638 41.7 15.2 78.4
2020 583 41.6 14.0 80.8
2021 573 35.6 16.0 80.6
2022 499 34.0 14.6 69.9
2023 418 30.0 13.9 67.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Fox Meadow Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $11,038
2020 $12,707
2021 $13,359
2022 $13,241
2023 $15,636

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fox Meadow Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 305th of 458 Middle schoolsRanks 354th of 480 Middle schools
 7.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Fox Meadow Middle School)35.842.4
 6.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison School District No. 2)36.140.7
 4.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)43.643.4
 0.2%
6th Grade Math (Fox Meadow Middle School)13.419
 5.6%
   6th Grade Math (Harrison School District No. 2)16.719.6
 2.9%
   6th Grade Math (Colorado)29.528.2
 1.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Fox Meadow Middle School)34.720.4
 14.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison School District No. 2)42.139.2
 2.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.545
 1.5%
7th Grade Math (Fox Meadow Middle School)21.36.9
 14.4%
   7th Grade Math (Harrison School District No. 2)23.321.8
 1.5%
   7th Grade Math (Colorado)31.626.3
 5.3%
8th Grade Science (Fox Meadow Middle School)25.115.2
 9.9%
   8th Grade Science (Harrison School District No. 2)23.225.8
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Colorado)31.531.3
 0.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Fox Meadow Middle School)43.533.6
 9.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison School District No. 2)44.441
 3.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.942.4
 4.5%
8th Grade Math (Fox Meadow Middle School)27.112.8
 14.3%
   8th Grade Math (Harrison School District No. 2)32.224.3
 7.9%
   8th Grade Math (Colorado)36.932.7
 4.2%
All Grades English Language Arts (Fox Meadow Middle School)3832.3
 5.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Harrison School District No. 2)4240.4
 1.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (Fox Meadow Middle School)20.713
 7.7%
   All Grades Math (Harrison School District No. 2)29.925.3
 4.6%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students638418
 34.5%
African American9239
 57.6%
American Indian71
 85.7%
Asian1113
 18.2%
Hispanic287214
 25.4%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White178104
 41.6%
Two or More Races5845
 22.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.4%67.9%
 10.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Fox Meadow Middle School

In the 2022-23 school year, 418 students attended Fox Meadow Middle School.

Fox Meadow Middle School ranks 362nd of 485 Colorado middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Fox Meadow Middle School are 51% Hispanic, 25% White, 11% Two or more races, 9% African American, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Fox Meadow Middle School usually go on to attend Harrison High School


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