School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Deer Trail Junior-Senior High SchoolDraft

Deer Trail 26J · Deer Trail · middle (grades 6–8)
−7.8
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School scored 9.3 points below expected in English and 6.3 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 11th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 14th), and #1 of 1 neighborhood middle schools in Deer Trail 26J. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
−9.3
±10.8 pts · 11th pct. adjusted
English growth
54
median growth percentile · 91st among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−6.3
±7.8 pts · 20th pct. adjusted
Math growth
45
median growth percentile · 41st among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%202420252026English 48%Math 20%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−21.0−6.4+1.3
English growth (MGP)307263
Math vs. expected (pts)−14.5−4.0+1.3
Math growth (MGP)235859

Only 90% of students took the tests; families who opt out may differ from those who test.

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.
Limon Junior-Senior High School+17.5Byers+11.3Yuma+10.0Valley+8.7Janitell Junior High School+7.7Prairie Heights+6.9Columbia+4.3Sky View+2.1Lochbuie Intermediate Academy+0.9Walt Clark+0.4Holyoke−0.1Pete Mirich−1.2Riverside School−1.3Heath−1.8Ellicott−1.8Rifle−2.0Holyoke Senior High School−4.3Vikan−5.4Sterling−5.5Hemphill−7.1Overland Trail−7.2Grand Mesa−7.2Thunder Valley PK-8−8.4Deer Trail Junior-Senior High S…−9.3South Valley−9.5Fort Lupton−14.9

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+25%Free/reduced-price lunch53%English learners29%Students with IEPs17%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 3.1× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 147. 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.