School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Foothills Elementary SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · elementary (grades 3–5)
+2.9
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Foothills Elementary School scored 5.2 points above expected in English and 0.6 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 76th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 94th), and #2 of 20 neighborhood elementary schools in Academy 20.

English vs. expected
+5.2
±2.8 pts · 76th pct. adjusted
English growth
64
median growth percentile · 92nd among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+0.6
±2.4 pts · 55th pct. adjusted
Math growth
62
median growth percentile · 72nd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
50%60%70%80%202420252026English 72%Math 63%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+1.7+6.8+7.0
English growth (MGP)646365
Math vs. expected (pts)+2.1−0.8+0.6
Math growth (MGP)764764
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.
Traut Core+15.4Kyffin+9.6Devinny+8.7Riffenburgh+7.4Dunn+7.0Chipeta+6.9Foothills+5.2Coyote Ridge+3.6Strawberry Park+3.3Rockrimmon+1.8Explorer+1.3Coronado+0.1Mount Carbon−0.9Academy International−1.3Bethke−1.5Cheyenne Mountain−3.4Discovery Canyon Campus−3.9Shaffer−5.0Steele−6.5Rice−7.5Peyton−7.8Riverview PK-8−9.1Mountain View−9.9Encompass Heights−12.7Kenneth Homyak PK-8−16.9Legacy Peak−16.9

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+60%Free/reduced-price lunch20%English learners2%Students with IEPs8%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.1× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 398. 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.