School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Cole Arts and Science AcademyDraft

Denver County 1 · Denver · elementary (grades 3–5)
−10.7
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Cole Arts and Science Academy scored 12.8 points below expected in English and 8.6 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 5th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 2nd), and #83 of 88 neighborhood elementary schools in Denver County 1.

English vs. expected
−12.8
±5.8 pts · 5th pct. adjusted
English growth
41
median growth percentile · 24th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−8.6
±3.3 pts · 12th pct. adjusted
Math growth
28
median growth percentile · 0th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
0%10%20%30%202420252026English 21%Math 13%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−5.7−13.7−18.3
English growth (MGP)404043
Math vs. expected (pts)−4.8−9.6−11.7
Math growth (MGP)281840
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.
Putnam+15.9Holm+9.5Beach Court+7.4Colfax+7.2Eagleton+4.1Edgewater+3.9International Academy of Denver…+3.2Trevista at Horace Mann+2.8Smith+2.7Foster Dual Language PK-8+1.8Lawrence+1.0Eiber+0.9Garden Place Academy0.0Alicia Sanchez International Sc…−0.9Cowell−1.9Denver Center for International…−2.6Josephine Hodgkins Leadership A…−5.4Longs Peak−6.1Arvada K-8−6.5Center for Talent Development a…−7.0Eastridge Community−7.1Ponderosa−8.2Cheltenham−11.6Cole Arts and Science Academy−12.8Lumberg−15.9Whittier ECE-8 School−16.1

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+74%Free/reduced-price lunch89%English learners48%Students with IEPs22%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.2× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 238. 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.