Summary:
The two public high schools serving Weld County School District No. Re-5J in Colorado — Roosevelt High School in Johnstown (grades 9–12, 1,184 students) and CIVICA Colorado in Milliken (grades 6–12, 157 students) — sit within a district ranked 64th of 115 Colorado districts and rated two stars, with both schools landing near the middle of state high school rankings at the 37th and 38th percentiles. Roosevelt is the larger, more traditional high school and the only one reporting a graduation rate, while CIVICA's small size makes its results more volatile from year to year.
Roosevelt High School stands out with a 92.0% graduation rate, well above the state's 85.6%, and its literacy scores are close to state averages: 9th-grade PSAT reading/writing proficiency is 65% versus the state's 66%, and 11th-grade SAT reading/writing is 51% versus the state's 60%. Math is a different story, with 11th-grade SAT math at just 19% and 10th-grade PSAT math at 28%. CIVICA Colorado posts more mixed results: 10th-grade PSAT reading/writing exceeds both the district and state at 68%, and 11th-grade science proficiency of 26.3% beats the state's 24.8%, yet its all-grades CMAS math proficiency is just 7.8% and English language arts is 21.6%, far behind the district's 31.1% and 37.9%. Since CIVICA has a lower poverty rate (26.75% free/reduced lunch) than Roosevelt (31.5%), its weaker overall academic performance is not simply a matter of economic disadvantage.
Both schools share a systemic math weakness, with SAT and PSAT math scores running well below state averages, and both exceed the district's 16.9% chronic absenteeism rate — Roosevelt at 21.3% and CIVICA at 27.5%. Roosevelt's strong graduation rate is its biggest bright spot, while CIVICA's chronically low attendance and small cohorts help explain its contradictory results, including its surprising science strength and wide swings in its state ranking.
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