Schools · Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO schools
Colorado Springs’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 71% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 31 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Colorado Springs’s School Grade: C
The public schools Colorado Springs’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresDGraduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 27%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (139)Better than 14%
High confidence. Built on 4,991 tested students and a graduating class of 2,004; 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, 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.
School path
Where Colorado Springs kids go to school
Grades PK–5
31 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Colorado Springs School District 11Grades 6–8
9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Colorado Springs School District 11Based 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, Colorado Springs School District 11)37%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Colorado Springs School District 11)20%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
71% graduate on time
Graduation rate
71%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
2,004
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #139 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
The district serving Colorado Springs
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 163 schools in Colorado Springs
Showing 1–30 of 163 schools
The Classical Academy CharterElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,909 students
ACharterThe Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · Grades K–6 · 949 students
CharterSoaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 764 students
BPublicLegacy Peak Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 652 students
B-PublicChinook Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 632 students
A+PublicNew Summit Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 628 students
B-CharterRidgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 626 students
BPublicGrand Peak AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 608 students
C+CharterSand Creek International SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 595 students
CPublicMountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 590 students
C+PublicEncompass Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 583 students
PublicRanch Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 578 students
A-PublicMountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 567 students
APublicSprings Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 548 students
B+PublicDiscovery Canyon Campus Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 547 students
APublicPioneer Technology and Arts AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 538 students
CharterRemington Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 534 students
B+PublicStetson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 531 students
C+PublicInspiration View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 527 students
BPublicJames Irwin Elementary School - AstrozonElementary · Grades K–5 · 522 students
B+CharterCarmel Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 490 students
C-PublicRoosevelt Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 480 students
CCharterExplorer Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 470 students
A-PublicScott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 458 students
A-PublicThe Da Vinci Academy SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 447 students
A-PublicGold Camp Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 435 students
APublicFreedom Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 407 students
B-PublicFoothills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
A-PublicChipeta Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 395 students
APublicRockrimmon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 390 students
APublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.