School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Explorer Elementary SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · elementary (grades 3–5)
+2.2
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Explorer Elementary School scored 1.3 points above expected in English and 3.2 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 59th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 81st), and #5 of 20 neighborhood elementary schools in Academy 20. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
+1.3
±6.9 pts · 59th pct. adjusted
English growth
55
median growth percentile · 76th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+3.2
±4.3 pts · 68th pct. adjusted
Math growth
43
median growth percentile · 8th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
40%50%60%70%80%202420252026English 73%Math 66%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−6.5+3.3+7.7
English growth (MGP)455862
Math vs. expected (pts)−0.7+2.5+8.2
Math growth (MGP)404147
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Stony Creek+7.1Isabella Bird Community School+4.9Coyote Ridge+3.6Strawberry Park+3.3Needham+2.2Kendrick Lakes+1.7Explorer+1.3Palmer Lake+0.3Coronado+0.1Prairie Hills−0.4Mount Carbon−0.9Hopkins−1.6Olander−1.8Manitou Springs−2.1Woodmen-Roberts−2.2Meridian Ranch−2.8Edith Wolford−3.4Cheyenne Mountain−3.4Mountain Vista−4.2Cache La Poudre−6.6Grand View Elementary−7.6Academy Endeavour−7.9Range View Elementary−9.1Riverview PK-8−9.1Singing Hills−9.2Powderhorn−11.6

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+55%Free/reduced-price lunch29%English learners1%Students with IEPs13%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.2× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 414. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.