School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Prairie Hills Elementary SchoolDraft

Academy 20 · Colorado Springs · elementary (grades 3–5)
−0.3
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Prairie Hills Elementary School scored 0.4 points below expected in English and 0.1 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 50th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 70th), and #6 of 20 neighborhood elementary schools in Academy 20. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
−0.4
±2.8 pts · 50th pct. adjusted
English growth
53
median growth percentile · 60th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−0.1
±2.6 pts · 51st pct. adjusted
Math growth
52
median growth percentile · 56th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
30%40%50%60%202420252026English 48%Math 44%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−0.8+0.5−1.1
English growth (MGP)543867
Math vs. expected (pts)+1.5−0.6−1.1
Math growth (MGP)523965
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+7.1Antelope Ridge+3.9Coyote Ridge+3.6Needham+2.2Skyway Park+1.9Explorer+1.3Coronado+0.1Prairie Hills−0.4Mount Carbon−0.9Freedom−1.5Olander−1.8Manitou Springs−2.1Woodmen-Roberts−2.2Eagleview−2.4Meridian Ranch−2.8Edith Wolford−3.4Mountain Vista−4.2Cache La Poudre−6.6Larkspur−7.2Grand View Elementary−7.6Tarver−8.6Range View Elementary−9.1Riverview PK-8−9.1Singing Hills−9.2Bennett Ranch−10.7Powderhorn−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+56%Free/reduced-price lunch40%English learners3%Students with IEPs13%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.3× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 347. 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.