Tag: Colorado Department Of Education
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Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state, alleges discrimination
Riverstone Academy, a public elementary school that opened last fall in Pueblo as a tuition-free option with Christian-based instruction, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over alleged religious discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Colorado law violates the free exercise clause of the…
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Colorado graduation and dropout rates improve as student enrollment continues to slide
Colorado’s graduation and dropout rates continue to go up while its overall enrollment continues to go down, according to new data released Tuesday morning. The Colorado Department of Education released student graduation data from the 2024-25 school year, with the state’s four-year graduation rate increasing by 1.4 percentage points to 85.6% – the highest in…
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Colorado student enrollment continues to drop as graduation, dropout rates improve
Colorado’s public school enrollment continues to decline, according to new data released Tuesday morning. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) reported a total of 870,793 pre-K-12th-grade students enrolled in Colorado schools, a decrease of 10,272 from fall 2024. “Colorado continues to experience enrollment trends shaped by a declining school-aged population, increasing racial and ethnic diversity, and…
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Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals
Sixteen school districts in Colorado, almost all of them rural, are showing signs of financial stress, according to an audit released on the fiscal health of the state’s 178 public school districts. Eighteen other districts, however, are moving off the list with improvements to their fiscal health in the 2023-24 fiscal year. The Ellicott School…
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Colorado sees slight drop in attendance, rise in chronic absentees in 2024-25
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is heading in the wrong direction for absenteeism and student attendance, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. The daily attendance and chronic absenteeism report for the 2024-25 school year…
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Colorado graduation and drop-out rates show improvements, but some gaps remain
Colorado students’ graduation rates slightly improved across the state, while dropout rates also declined. The graduation rates also increased for Denver’s school district, mirroring the statewide improvement. Data from the Colorado Department of Education on student graduation and dropout data from the 2023-24 school year showed that the four-year graduation rates improved by 1.1 points…
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State task force recommends overhaul of Colorado’s education accountability system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A task force composed of state officials, district school board members, superintendents and parents agrees Colorado’s education accountability system needs a major overhaul. The Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force released its report…
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State Board of Education Republican candidates lead in 3 districts
Republican Yazmin Navarro, Republican Sheri Wright and Republican Kristi Brown all lead early
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Colorado improves student attendance, lowers absenteeism — but still below pre-pandemic levels
Student attendance in Colorado continued to recover from the sharp rise in chronic absenteeism following the COVID-19 pandemic, but the state remained below the attendance trendline compared to 2019. Before the pandemic, attendance was higher and absenteeism was lower than the most recent figures. The new figures from the Colorado Department of Education showed that…