District report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Colorado Springs 11Draft

Large city district · about 7,927 students tested a year in grades 3–8 · 19,160 students in district-run schools (K–12)
−0.3
points vs. what its
demographics predict

Based on its families’ demographics, Colorado Springs 11 would be expected to rank #53 of 105 Colorado districts, with 39% of students meeting or exceeding expectations in English and 30% in math. It actually ranks #50, with 38% and 31%. That is 0.3 percentage points below what its demographics predict, which ranks it #44 of 105 on performance vs. demographics. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

#44 of 105 statewide · likely #38–#53#13 of 21 large districts#9 of 14 city districts#3 of 9 among its most similar districts

Where demographics would place it, and where it lands

Statewide rank, English and math combined
Hollow: predicted from demographics. Filled: actual results. #1 is the highest share of students meeting expectations.
#1 (best)#25#50#75#105Predicted #53Actual #50
SubjectExpectedActualOver/under (pts)Rank: predicted → actualRank vs. demographics
English39%38%−1.5 ±0.5#53 → #53#52
Math30%31%+0.9 ±1.6#53 → #46#36

Met or exceeded expectations on CMAS, grades 3–8, 2024–2026 combined. District results include district-run neighborhood, choice and magnet schools, but not charter or online schools. ± is a 90% range for normal year-to-year swings.

Over time

Met or exceeded expectations, by year
Dashed: expected from demographics.
20%30%40%50%202420252026English 37%Math 32%
Growth
CDE median growth percentile, 2024–2026: how much students improved compared with students statewide who started at the same level. 50 is typical.
English growth
49
median growth percentile
Math growth
48
median growth percentile

Growth depends much less on family background than test scores do, so it is the closer measure of what schools add in a given year.

Compared with its most similar districts

Over/under, percentage points (English and math)
The eight districts closest on parents’ education, free/reduced lunch, English learners, special education and size. Blue: above prediction; red: below; gray: within normal swings. Lines: 90% range.
Mesa County Valley 51+4.7Widefield 3+1.7Colorado Springs 11−0.3Pueblo County 70−0.9Adams 12 Five Star Schools−2.1District 49−2.2School District 27J−3.8Thompson R2-J−7.0Montezuma-Cortez RE-1−7.5

Who it serves

The measures behind the prediction
Bars: this district. Black tick: Colorado average across ranked districts, weighted by students.
Parents with a bachelor’s degree+33%Free/reduced-price lunch61%English learners9%Students with IEPs12%

Parents’ education: parents of public-school children (Census ACS 2019–2023, NCES tabulation). For context, not in the prediction: all adults with a bachelor’s degree+ 37%; median household income $71,659.

Its schools

Neighborhood schools
Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students (income and education of the area, free/reduced lunch, English learners, special education). Points are CMAS scale-score points vs. expected, 2024–2026.
SchoolMet/exceeded
Eng / Math
Vs. expected
English
Vs. expected
Math
Growth
Queen Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–541% / 38%+11.7+15.061
Bristol Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–560% / 45%+11.3+6.955
Chipeta Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–575% / 71%+6.9+10.654
Stratton Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–562% / 54%+7.8+9.248
Audubon Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–538% / 40%+2.6+9.944
King Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–543% / 49%+1.9+9.357
Howbert Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–554% / 44%+4.3+5.658
Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–537% / 31%+2.5+5.156
Rudy Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–548% / 48%+0.8+6.756
Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–554% / 58%−1.5+8.262
Henry Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–533% / 26%+1.7+1.454
Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–551% / 53%−1.4+3.468
Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–533% / 23%+1.3−0.449
Fremont Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–529% / 30%−3.2+3.850
Martinez Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–550% / 45%+0.7−0.149
Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–523% / 26%−1.9+1.637
Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–530% / 31%−4.5+2.746
Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–543% / 37%−1.3−2.153
Midland Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–526% / 28%−6.6+1.949
Keller Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–530% / 27%−4.2−1.750
Steele Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–556% / 58%−6.5+0.364
Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–516% / 18%−5.3−1.941
Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–524% / 22%−4.7−3.655
West Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–525% / 29%−7.8−1.049
Columbia Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–534% / 31%−3.7−5.439
Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–517% / 18%−6.8−5.243
Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–519% / 18%−9.7−3.646
Buena Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–558% / 47%−7.3−8.546
Trailblazer Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–536% / 34%−10.6−5.247
Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–514% / 13%−10.8−7.035
Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–515% / 11%−10.7−8.748
Penrose Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–522% / 22%−13.2−7.347
McAuliffe ElementaryElementary · grades 3–526% / 24%−15.6−13.442
North Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–851% / 34%+8.2+4.053
Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–835% / 26%+2.2+5.152
Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–855% / 35%+5.9+1.353
Sabin Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–834% / 24%+1.7+2.351
Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–851% / 37%−1.2−2.150
West Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–829% / 14%−2.8−2.049
Jack Swigert Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–816% / 10%−9.4−2.642
Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–819% / 12%−9.5−4.641
Galileo Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–816% / 8%−12.7−9.340
Not compared with neighborhood schools
Charter, choice, magnet, online and alternative schools don’t serve a neighborhood, so they aren’t compared with schools serving similar areas. Charter and online schools are also left out of the district results above.

How to read this

The expected result comes from a statistical model fit across all ranked Colorado districts: parents’ education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education explain about 90% of the differences in district results. Over/under is what remains — the part the demographics don’t account for, which includes the schools themselves but also anything else those measures miss. Each district’s expected value is predicted from the other districts. Full method and caveats.