Summary:
The city of Cripple Creek, Colorado is home to a single high school, the Cripple Creek-Victor Junior-Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Colorado high schools, with a 2024-2025 ranking of 282 out of 328 schools and a 2023-2024 ranking of 250 out of 349 schools.
The school's academic performance is significantly below the state average, with only 19.7% of students proficient or better in CMAS/English Language Arts and just 4.8% proficient or better in CMAS/Math, compared to state averages of 44.8% and 35.9%, respectively. The school's graduation rate of 84.2% and dropout rate of 1.9% are also less favorable than the state averages. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7%, which is considerably higher than the state average.
Demographic data shows that the Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1 has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 64.78% in the 2023-2024 school year. The student-teacher ratio at the school is 17.6, slightly higher than the state average. These factors suggest that the Cripple Creek-Victor Junior-Senior High School may face significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students and may require additional resources and support to improve academic outcomes and address the needs of its student population.
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