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Hanover School District No. 28


At a glance
84thof 115 Colorado districts▼ 1
Better than 26% of Colorado districts
Elementary 1High 1Grades PK, KG-12
17050 South Peyton Highway
Colorado Springs, CO 80928
·(719) 683-2247·All Colorado district rankings →
Statewide performance 2011–2025
2025: better than 27% of districts
2
Schools
264
Students
Top rankedHanover Junior-Senior High School208th of 328 Colorado high schools
Biggest riser
Hanover Junior-Senior High School up 44 spots statewide this year
Newly ranked this year
Prairie Heights Elementary School
Summary:

Hanover School District No. 28 is a small school district in Colorado, consisting of only two schools - Hanover Junior-Senior High School and Prairie Heights Elementary School. The district serves students from grades PK-12 and faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by its low statewide rankings and performance metrics.

Hanover Junior-Senior High School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 211 out of 349 Colorado high schools in 2022-2023 to 208 out of 328 in 2024-2025. However, its four-year graduation rate of 84.2% is above the district average, though still room for improvement. The school's test scores are relatively low, with only 22.9% proficient or better in CMAS/English Language Arts and 8.8% in CMAS/Math for all grades in 2024-2025. Prairie Heights Elementary School has maintained a consistent statewide ranking of 2 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars, but its test scores are also relatively low, with only 25% proficient or better in CMAS/English Language Arts and 12.5% in CMAS/Math for all grades in 2024-2025.

Hanover School District No. 28 as a whole is ranked 84 out of 115 districts in Colorado and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger. The district's test scores are significantly below the state averages, with only 24.2% proficient or better in CMAS/English Language Arts and 11.1% in CMAS/Math for all grades in 2024-2025. Both schools also have high chronic absenteeism rates of 27.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with free/reduced lunch rates of 66.42% at the high school and 70.9% at the elementary school.

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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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