Hanover School District No. 28

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.

District Detail

17050 South Peyton Highway
Colorado Springs, CO 80928

(719) 683-2247

SchoolDigger Rank:
84^th of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 264

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2025)	CMAS English Language Arts (2025)		CMAS Math (2025)		CMAS Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	Total
Hanover Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	17050 South Peyton Highway	Colorado Springs	80928	El Paso County	Hanover School District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 683-2247	134	11	11.8	64.2%	79 (59.0%)	2 (1.5%)	46 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	4 (3.0%)	38	208^th of 328 public high schools	36.6%		26.2	252^nd of 349 public high schools	27.8%	44	54.0	36.0		22.9		8.8		$22,037
Prairie Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7930 Indian Village Heights	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Hanover School District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 382-1260	130	8	15.6	68.5%	65 (50.0%)	4 (3.1%)	53 (40.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	3 (2.3%)	27.5	641^st of 950 public elementary schools	32.5%					(n/a)			38.1	25.0	14.3	12.5	27.3	$19,393

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fountain School District No. 8	13.15 mi	13	82^nd
School District No. 3	13.86 mi	18	55^th
Edison Joint District No. 54	16.23 mi	3
Ellicott School District No. 22	17.11 mi	3	95^th
Pueblo County School District 70	19.98 mi	27	56^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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