Summary:
Hanover School District No. 28 is home to a single high school, Hanover Junior-Senior High School, a small combined junior/senior high school serving grades 6–12 in Colorado Springs with just 134 students. This makes direct school-to-school comparisons impossible, so the most useful context is how the school compares to state averages and its own recent history.
The school’s greatest strength is its graduation rate of 90.9%, which comfortably tops the state average of 85.6%. However, academic proficiency is a major concern. On CMAS tests, only 17.8% of students were proficient in English Language Arts and just 8.8% in math, compared to state averages near 45% and 36%. Encouragingly, high-school PSAT scores are far more competitive: 10th graders scored 57% proficient in Reading & Writing versus 65% statewide, and 33% in math versus 39%. This gap is much narrower than in the middle-school grades, suggesting that students who reach high school perform relatively well. The school has also improved its state ranking from the 28th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 36th percentile in 2025–2026, earning 2 stars.
The most pressing challenge is chronic absenteeism. Nearly 47% of students are chronically absent, roughly 19 points above the state rate, which likely contributes to the low test scores. With 64% of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch, the school serves a high-poverty population, yet it still graduates students at a strong rate. The small size and favorable 11.8:1 student-teacher ratio allow for personalized attention, but they also mean proficiency rates can swing sharply with just a few students. Families considering this school should weigh its above-average graduation outcomes and relatively solid high-school PSAT performance against the serious attendance issues and low middle-school test scores.
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