Schools · Commerce
Commerce, CO schools
Commerce’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 9 schools through grade 6, then Otho E Stuart Middle School or Kearney Middle School or Adams City Middle School and Adams City High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Commerce’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Commerce’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresB-Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 37%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (134)Better than 10%
High confidence. Built on 5,386 tested students and a graduating class of 1,199; 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 Commerce kids go to school
Grades 7–8
C+Otho E Stuart Middle School or D-Kearney Middle School or DAdams City Middle School
Depends on your address School District 27JBased 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–8, School District 27J)37%
State average 47%
Reading (grades 9–12, Adams County School District 14)15%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–8, School District 27J)20%
State average 30.4%
Math (grades 9–12, Adams County School District 14)3%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
1,199
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Commerce
School District 27JGrades PK–12 · 33 schools · 24,044 students
$12,959 per studentCO $15,889B-Adams County School District 14Grades PK–12 · 12 schools · 5,221 students
$17,691 per studentCO $15,889D-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 25 schools in Commerce
Showing 1–25 of 25 schools
Landmark Academy at ReunionElementary · Grades K–8 · 758 students
A-CharterReunion Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 742 students
B+PublicTurnberry ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 742 students
CPublicSecond Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 697 students
C-PublicSouthlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 673 students
PublicJohn W Thimmig Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 531 students
C-PublicBelle Creek Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 519 students
C+CharterKemp Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 517 students
D-PublicAlsup Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 492 students
DPublicCentral Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 421 students
D-PublicCommunity Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 316 students
C-CharterRose Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 315 students
DPublicOtho E Stuart Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 794 students
C+PublicKearney Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 397 students
D-PublicAdams City Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 296 students
DPublicVictory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 166 students
C-CharterAdams City High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,500 students
C-PublicThe STEAD SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 421 students
CharterLester R Arnold High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 184 students
D-PublicVictory Preparatory Academy High State Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 118 students
A-CharterStars Early Learning CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 144 students
PublicMildred L Sanville PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 33 students
PublicUniversity Prep - Commerce CityPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 24 students
CharterPRIMROSE SCHOOL AT REUNION
PrivateROCKY MOUNTAIN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.