Summary:
Breckenridge, Colorado is served by three public schools in Summit School District No. Re 1 — Summit High School (grades 9-12), Upper Blue Elementary School (PK-5), and Breckenridge Elementary School (K-5) — together enrolling about 1,486 students in this mountain resort community.
If you are comparing elementary options, Breckenridge Elementary School is the clear academic standout. It tops the district in nearly every subject: 61.7% of its students are proficient in English Language Arts, 45.0% in math, and 66.7% in 5th-grade science — far above state averages. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (13.7%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (11.22%) among the three schools. Upper Blue Elementary School serves a much higher-poverty population (47.06% free/reduced lunch) and still beats district averages in most subjects, but its math proficiency (38.5%) lags behind Breckenridge Elementary (45.0%), and only 23.8% of its 3rd graders are proficient in math versus 41.5% statewide. Upper Blue’s school ranking has also slipped from the 77th to 60th percentile over the past year, while Breckenridge Elementary has held steady in the 72-78th percentile range.
At the secondary level, Summit High School posts a strong 90.7% graduation rate and a low 1.4% dropout rate, but it struggles with chronic absenteeism — 41.9% of students are chronically absent, nearly triple the rate at Breckenridge Elementary and well above the state average of 28.4%. Its 11th-grade SAT reading/writing proficiency (58%) is also below the state average (62%), suggesting that many students graduate without fully meeting college-readiness benchmarks. With a student-teacher ratio of 15.7 compared to 10.1 and 12.0 at the elementary schools, the high school faces clear challenges around attendance and academic support, even as its graduation outcomes remain solid.
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