Oct. 2024 student count shows slight declines in PK and early HS grades; increased diversity
Oct. 2024 student count shows slight declines in PK and early HS grades; increased diversity
The Colorado Department of Education today released data from the state's October student count taken in the fall of 2024; this information is used to determine state funding for public schools. The data shows a slight decline in PK-12 student enrollment with a total of 881,065 students, a decrease of 0.1% compared to October 2023.
Boardhawk
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, referring to a highly questionable national magazine rating, says in today’s state testing press release that Colorado is number one in education.
Denver Post
Language arts proficiency rates dropped for half of the grades that took Colorado’s latest statewide achievement tests, while rates in mathematics held steady or increased, according to 2026 results released Wednesday.
Chalkbeat
New state test results show math scores continued to rise for Colorado elementary and middle school students, with eighth graders making the biggest gains year over year.
Chalkbeat
An education group that last year authorized “Colorado’s first public Christian school” soon will dissolve, following a Monday night vote by a key member institution.
Summit Daily
Summit School District Superintendent says timeline change complies with state law while High Rockies Community School claims district must oblige original August deadline.
Fordham Institute
Let me acknowledge up front that I may be grasping at straws or (to shift analogies for the second time) forgetting the ancient maxim that sighting one or two swallows doesn’t necessarily mean summer has arrived.
