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Horizon Middle School

Horizon Middle School school profile in Aurora, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
36/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
766
Enrollment has declined 6% over the available history.
FRL Share
60.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
724.6
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Horizon Middle School

The static school page preserves the same signal read as the app route while staying cacheable from R2.

Academic Quality

28

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

36

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

58

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

45

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Aurora and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 40 · Colorado 50
36 40
2 Academic average
Peer 725.4 · Colorado 735.5
724.6 725.4
3 ELA
Peer 730.9 · Colorado 741.7
728.6 730.9
4 Math
Peer 722.8 · Colorado 731.5
720.5 722.8
5 Science
Peer 722.6 · Colorado 733.2
724.8 722.6
6 Enrollment
Peer 819 · Colorado 469
766 819
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Aurora 8.1 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
8.2 / 1k 8.1 / 1k
2 Market rent
Aurora $1,871 · Colorado $1,977
$2,073 $1,871
3 Home price
Aurora $480,624 · Colorado $556,199
$470,375 $480,624
4 Poverty rate
Aurora 11.4% · Colorado 10.1%
12.4% 11.4%
5 Median income
Aurora $104,534 · Colorado $101,131
$98,487 $104,534
6 Renter share
Aurora 31.8% · Colorado 32.6%
17.5% 31.8%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Horizon Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 724.6, with ELA at 728.6, Math at 720.5, and Science at 724.8. Against Aurora middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 28/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 6% over the available history. ELA has moved down 10 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.4 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 36/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Horizon Middle School currently serves about 766 students. FRL share sits near 60.4%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 084200 carries violent crime around 8.2 / 1k, market rent near $2,073, median income near $98,487, and home-price context near $470,375. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80013 where rent context currently sits near $2,073 and home-price context near $470,375. Nearby violent crime has moved down 9% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Horizon Middle School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 36/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.