School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Cotton Creek Elementary SchoolDraft

Adams 12 Five Star Schools · Westminster · elementary (grades 3–5)
+2.8
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Cotton Creek Elementary School scored 1.7 points above expected in English and 4.0 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 62nd percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 72nd), and #10 of 32 neighborhood elementary schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools.

English vs. expected
+1.7
±2.5 pts · 62nd pct. adjusted
English growth
47
median growth percentile · 16th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+4.0
±2.6 pts · 71st pct. adjusted
Math growth
51
median growth percentile · 32nd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
40%50%60%70%202420252026English 58%Math 51%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+2.2+1.0+1.8
English growth (MGP)444948
Math vs. expected (pts)+6.3+3.9+0.9
Math growth (MGP)565442
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.
McGraw+13.2Birch+8.5Shepardson+7.4Cotton Creek+1.7Lopez+1.5Eagle Crest+1.1Mountain View+0.5Prairie Hills−0.4Red Sandstone−0.7Mount Carbon−0.9Riverview−1.5Freedom−1.5Hopkins−1.6Stober−2.1Woodmen-Roberts−2.2Eagleview−2.4Leawood−2.8Laurel−4.0Warder−4.4The Da Vinci Academy School−6.8Larkspur−7.2Pine Ridge−7.9Timberline−8.4Singing Hills−9.2Green Gables−11.4Powderhorn−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+64%Free/reduced-price lunch39%English learners12%Students with IEPs15%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.6× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 459. 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.