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Best Public Schools in Monument, CO

At a glance

Schools

5,264

Students

Districts

Top rankedPrairie Winds Elementary School118^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bear Creek Elementary School up 56 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Prairie Winds Elementary School 13.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Monument, Colorado is a suburban community served by eight schools—four elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools, and one alternative K-12 school—with roughly 5,264 students enrolled across the Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 and the Education Reenvisioned BOCES district, the former being a 5-star district ranked 9th out of 115 in Colorado (92nd percentile). Seven of the eight schools belong to Lewis-Palmer, while Education reEnvisioned School is a small alternative program with just 59 students and a 2.4:1 student-teacher ratio.

Palmer Ridge High School is the city's top high school, with the highest graduation rate (94.4%), highest SAT reading (80%) and math (53%) proficiency, and the highest science score (59.2%); it ranks 55th out of 338 Colorado high schools. Lewis-Palmer High School is also strong, graduating 91.4% of students and posting the city's lowest chronic absenteeism rate at just 4.4%. At the elementary level, Prairie Winds Elementary School leads with the city's best ELA (68.4%) and math (61.1%) proficiency and ranks 118th out of 943 elementary schools. Bear Creek Elementary School and Lewis-Palmer Elementary School also beat state averages, while Monument Charter Academy is the outlier: despite the lowest free/reduced lunch rate among elementary schools (9.97%), it posts the lowest scores (45.3% ELA, 40.3% math) and the city's only 3-star rating.

Across the board, Monument schools outpace Colorado averages, but math is the city's biggest academic weakness—SAT reading proficiency sits at 76–80% versus 46–53% for math, and transition years show sharp dips (Bear Creek's 6th-grade math falls to 34.2%). Chronic absenteeism doesn't align neatly with performance: Palmer Ridge High School has a 21.9% absenteeism rate despite excellent academics, while Lewis-Palmer Middle School has the city's highest rate at 25%. The district's 5-star rating outshines any single school's rating, reflecting strong system-wide performance, though Palmer Ridge High School and Lewis-Palmer High School have a 17.5-point science gap worth investigating.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2026)	SAT Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Education reEnvisioned School	Public, Alternative	K-12	430 Beacon Lite Road Suite 150	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 963-9824	59	24	2.4		42 (71.2%)	1 (1.7%)	15 (25.4%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$5,740
Lewis-Palmer Middle School	Public	7-8	1776 Woodmoor Drive	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 488-4776	731	38	19.2		547 (74.8%)	11 (1.5%)	100 (13.7%)	18 (2.5%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (6.0%)	75.8	106^th of 476 public middle schools	77.7%		75.6	97^th of 469 public middle schools	79.3%	9											56.2	52.2	54.2					42.2	56.3	49.2		61.4		$12,839
Lewis-Palmer High School	Public	9-12	1300 Higby Road	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 488-4720	1,144	51	22.6		875 (76.5%)	18 (1.6%)	153 (13.4%)	19 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (6.6%)	79.4	73^rd of 340 public high schools	78.5%		79	66^th of 328 public high schools	79.9%	7	78.9	50.6	85.1	57.3	75.9	45.8																	742.0	$13,774
Lewis-Palmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1315 Lake Woodmoor Drive	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 488-4750	409	25	16.0	19.1%	310 (75.8%)	3 (0.7%)	55 (13.4%)	7 (1.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.6%)	77.6	199^th of 946 public elementary schools	79.0%		73.5	241^st of 950 public elementary schools	74.6%	42							46.8	74.1	51.9	61.2			59.3	55.3	70.2	52.8	52.3			57.7	48.1			$13,795
Bear Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1330 Creekside Drive	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 488-4770	869	54	16.1	20.4%	608 (70.0%)	14 (1.6%)	148 (17.0%)	19 (2.2%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (8.5%)	83.2	150^th of 946 public elementary schools	84.1%		77.5	206^th of 950 public elementary schools	78.3%	56							72.4	63.3	67.5	60.9			66.0	71.4	67.6	62.5	34.2			58.7	59.3			$12,278
Prairie Winds Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	790 King's Deer Point East	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 559-0800	374	27	13.9	11.5%	283 (75.7%)	2 (0.5%)	38 (10.2%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.8%)	86.1	118^th of 946 public elementary schools	87.5%		81.8	152^nd of 950 public elementary schools	84.0%	34							80.0	69.4	67.3	59.1			68.4	67.6	73.5	59.2	44.4			61.1	62.5			$13,783
Palmer Ridge High School	Public	9-12	19255 Monument Hill Road	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 867-8600	1,066	52	20.5		820 (76.9%)	15 (1.4%)	142 (13.3%)	16 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	69 (6.5%)	82.1	55^th of 340 public high schools	83.8%		81	54^th of 328 public high schools	83.5%	1	79.9	49.1	82.6	54.5	79.6	53.2																	59.2	$14,401
Monument Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	1150 Village Ridge Pt	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 481-1950	612	39	15.7	10.0%	487 (79.6%)	3 (0.5%)	65 (10.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (8.7%)	51.8	423^rd of 946 public elementary schools	55.3%		56.3	395^th of 950 public elementary schools	58.4%	28							39.5	38.9	57.0				45.3	34.6	43.1	43.6				40.3	43.6			$12,057

Cities Near Monument

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Colorado Springs	3.39 mi	196	92^nd
Palmer Lake	3.98 mi	1	44^th
Usaf Academy	7.51 mi	2	27^th
Larkspur	9.58 mi	1	72^nd
Franktown	11.97 mi	2	28^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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