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The Vanguard School (High)

COLORADO SPRINGS · CO · Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an · Public charter

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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How The Vanguard School (High) compares for families

What families should know about The Vanguard School (High).

  • LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs, Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Harrison High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

24.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 50 in 2021 to 81 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+62.0%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 303 students:

2025
300
2027
295
2029
290

≈ 13 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $14,749 per student in district revenue, the 13 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $191,737/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public · charter 1.5 104 +8.3%
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public 1.7 78 +14.7%
Harrison High School
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public 1.8 1,089 -3.5%
Palmer High School
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public 1.9 1,265 -18.5%
The Colorado Springs School
Colorado Springs
Private 2.0 286 +6.3%
Zebulon Pike Youth Services Center
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public 2.2 22
Community Prep Charter School
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public · charter 2.2 158 -37.5%
Cheyenne Mountain High School
COLORADO SPRINGS
Public 2.3 1,275 +1.1%

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