Schools · Lamar

Lamar, CO schools

Lamar’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend Washington Elementary School through grade 2, then Parkview Elementary School, Lamar Middle School and Lamar High School.

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

B+School Grade #113Best schools in CO (of 142)#1Highest graduation rate in CO (of 142)

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Lamar’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Lamar’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

CTest scoresA+Graduation

Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 65%

Lower resultsHigher results

Colorado towns with similar household incomes (109)Better than 65%

Good confidence. Built on 405 tested students and a graduating class of 107; 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.