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Watson Junior High School

Watson Junior High School school profile in Colorado Springs, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
38/100
supportive local context with fragile durability · high confidence
Enrollment
482
Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history.
FRL Share
55.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
731.7
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Watson Junior High School

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Academic Quality

41

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

32

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

32

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

62

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 51 · Colorado 50
38 51
2 Academic average
Peer 738.2 · Colorado 735.5
731.7 738.2
3 ELA
Peer 744.8 · Colorado 741.7
738.7 744.8
4 Math
Peer 734.2 · Colorado 731.5
726.9 734.2
5 Science
Peer 735.8 · Colorado 733.2
729.4 735.8
6 Enrollment
Peer 539 · Colorado 469
482 539
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Colorado Springs 8.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
0.0 / 1k 8.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Colorado Springs $1,691 · Colorado $1,977
$2,115 $1,691
3 Home price
Colorado Springs $444,513 · Colorado $556,199
$372,777 $444,513
4 Poverty rate
Colorado Springs 9.8% · Colorado 10.1%
3.6% 9.8%
5 Median income
Colorado Springs $91,186 · Colorado $101,131
$104,167 $91,186
6 Renter share
Colorado Springs 36.4% · Colorado 32.6%
12.4% 36.4%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Watson Junior High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 731.7, with ELA at 738.7, Math at 726.9, and Science at 729.4. Against Colorado Springs middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 41/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history. ELA has moved down 13.8 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 32/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Watson Junior High School currently serves about 482 students. FRL share sits near 55.1%, 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 004300 carries violent crime around 0.0 / 1k, market rent near $2,115, median income near $104,167, and home-price context near $372,777. 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 80911 where rent context currently sits near $2,115 and home-price context near $372,777. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

Watson Junior High School currently reads as supportive local context with fragile durability. The total TractSignal school score is 38/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.