Summary:
Crane Elementary District includes 10 schools—eight elementary schools and two middle schools—serving grades from PK–6 through PK–8, plus grades 6–8, with no high schools. Across the schools, average proficiency was 35% in ELA and 29% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide; results ranged by 45 percentage points in ELA and 37 points in math. The most important finding for families is that performance varies widely from school to school, so district averages can hide very different results.
Gowan Science Academy leads by a clear margin, with 64% proficient in ELA and 53% in math—23 and 20 points above state results. The next-highest all-grades results are at H L Suverkrup Elementary School, at 43% in ELA and 42% in math. Gary A. Knox Elementary School also exceeds the state in math, with 38%. At the lower end, Salida Del Sol Elementary has the lowest ELA result, 19%—22 points below the state—and 17% in math. Crane Middle School has the lowest math result, 16%, 17 points below the state. Gowan also leads the reporting schools in grade 5 and grade 8 science, with 59% and 54% proficient.
SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings show mixed movement rather than broad improvement: among nine schools with comparable rankings, four rose and five fell, and the average position was nearly flat, moving from 38th to 39th percentile. Suverkrup made the largest matched-period gain, from 43rd to 54th percentile, while Pueblo Elementary School fell from 46th to 37th. School size and student–teacher ratio do not offer a simple guide to results: Valley Horizon Elementary School has the lowest ratio, 17.0, but reports 24% ELA and 20% math proficiency, while Gowan has the highest ratio, 25.9, and the strongest results. Grade spans differ and free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable, so grade-specific results can help families compare schools serving the same grades; SchoolDigger rankings reflect statewide position, not changes in proficiency.
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