Schools · Calhan

Calhan, CO schools

Calhan’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 69% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend Calhan Elementary School through grade 5, then Calhan Secondary School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade

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Calhan’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Calhan’s kids attend outperform 50% of Colorado’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scores

Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 50%

Lower resultsHigher results

Colorado towns with similar household incomes (124)Better than 48%

Good confidence. Built on 186 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
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.

School path

Where Calhan kids go to school

Grades PK–5

C+Calhan Elementary School 201 students · Calhan Calhan School District RJ-1

Grades 6–12

B-Calhan Secondary School 213 students · Calhan Calhan School District RJ-1

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Calhan School District RJ-1)37%

State average 47%

Math (grades PK–12, Calhan School District RJ-1)27%

State average 30.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

69% graduate on time

Graduation rate

69%

CO: 81.7%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Calhan

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Calhan School District RJ-1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 414 students

$15,498 per studentCO $15,889B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Calhan

There’s no college in Calhan, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Colorado Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, 28.6 miles away.

University of Colorado Colorado SpringsUniversity or college · Public · Colorado Springs28.6 mi9,488 students

Pima Medical Institute-Colorado SpringsCareer school · For-profit · Colorado Springs29.2 mi339 students

Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsCareer school · For-profit · Colorado Springs29.7 mi816 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Calhan. 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.

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