Schools · Elbert

Elbert, CO schools

Elbert’s public schools score close to Colorado’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend Elbert Elementary School through grade 5, then Elbert Junior-Senior High School.

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

C+School Grade

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Elbert’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Elbert’s kids attend trail 63% of Colorado’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scores

Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 37%

Lower resultsHigher results

Colorado towns with similar household incomes (139)Better than 31%

Lower confidence. Built on 65 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move 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.