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How Mountain Ridge Middle School compares
69% vs. 64% district avg
5 points above Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
69% vs. 51% Colorado avg
18 points above state average
705
Enrollment
16.4:1
Student:Teacher
69%
Proficiency Rate
23%
Free/Reduced Lunch

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About This School

Mountain Ridge Middle School is a middle school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school serves 705 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1.

According to EDFacts assessment data, 69% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.

23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Mountain Ridge Middle School is part of the Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an in Colorado.

How This School Compares

Mountain Ridge Middle School has 705 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an (643 students). Its 69% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points above the district average of 64%. Compared to the Colorado state average of 51%, the school performs 18 points higher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mountain Ridge Middle School has 705 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1.

According to EDFacts data, 69% of students at Mountain Ridge Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.

Mountain Ridge Middle School is part of the Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.

All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.

The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.