Black Forest, CO schools
Black Forest’s public schools score well above Colorado’s averages: 65% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 52% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend Edith Wolford Elementary School or Ray E Kilmer Elementary School through grade 6, then one of 10 middle schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Black Forest’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Black Forest’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where Black Forest kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
52% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Three districts serve Black Forest
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Black Forest
There’s no college in Black Forest, but 9 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is United States Air Force Academy in Air Force Academy, 11.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Black Forest. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.
All 3 schools in Black Forest
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Black Forest kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Black Forest’s districts that are located in Colorado Springs, Peyton and Monument. Which one depends on your address.