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Coperni 3

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Coperni 3 ranks 703 rd of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

703^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Coperni 3 is a K-8 charter school in Colorado Springs enrolling 367 students, with 70% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, placing it in a neighborhood where many nearby schools face significant socioeconomic challenges. The school sits within the State Charter School Institute district and serves a wider grade span than the PK-5 elementary schools that dominate the surrounding area.

Coperni 3's academic picture is mixed, with some genuine bright spots. Its 8th grade math proficiency of 44.8% is well above the state average of 37.8% and nearly double its district's average of 29.7%, far surpassing the 25.0% at nearby Sand Creek International School. Science is also a relative strength, with the school outperforming its district in both 5th and 8th grade science, and beating nearby schools like Henry Elementary School (12.2%), Monroe Elementary School (12.2%), and Twain Elementary School (10.3%) by wide margins. However, overall ELA proficiency (26.9%) and math proficiency (25.6%) trail state averages of 44.7% and 37.3%, respectively. Grade-level results swing dramatically, with 7th grade ELA at 40% but 8th grade ELA at just 17.2%.

Chronic absenteeism is a significant concern, jumping from 23.4% in 2023-2024 to 37.1% in 2024-2025 — above the state average of 28.4%. That said, it remains lower than several nearby schools, including Twain Elementary School (55.0%) and Madison Elementary School (48.8%). On a positive note, the school's dropout rate has improved dramatically, falling from 5.0% in 2022-2023 to 1.1% in 2024-2025, now below the state average of 1.6%. While Coperni 3's ranking sits in the 26th percentile statewide, the school's strong 8th grade math, consistent science performance, and improving dropout rate offer parents tangible reasons for cautious optimism.

367

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,110

Per pupil spending ?

70%

Free/discounted lunch ?

750 Citadel Drive East
Colorado Springs, CO 80909-5327

(719) 619-7178

District: State Charter School Institute

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

55.3%

White:

29.4%

African American:

11.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 41st percentile in 2024 → 26th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (27% vs 40% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 28% Colorado)

!Ranking has slipped from its 41st-percentile peak (2024) to 26th (2026)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school27%

District avg31%

Colorado avg40%

Elementary school

703^rd of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 20 pts since 2021

From bottom 5% (2021) to bottom 26% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

298^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 37%▼ down 3 pts since 2022

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 17Elementary Schools in the State Charter School Institute

51^st of 114State Charter School Institute among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	22.7	703 of 946	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.5	700 of 950	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.9	555 of 943	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.7	572 of 933	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	12.5	840 of 921	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	673 of 710	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	16.3	596 of 695	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.1	560 of 694	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	568 of 684	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	41.9	135 of 251	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.3	79 of 242	67.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	21.7	545 of 697	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.8	548 of 700	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.9	517 of 683	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	12.1	515 of 547	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.6	501 of 551	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	483 of 539	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	488 of 525	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	298 of 476	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.0	286 of 469	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.3	200 of 485	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.4	288 of 480	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.8	269 of 448	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	44.8	99 of 208	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	55.0	80 of 218	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	80.2	21 of 199	89.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2026)46th percentile+21 vs school

Male (2026)22nd percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)14th percentile-11 vs school

White (2026)6th percentile-20 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2026)52nd percentile+15 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

Science31%-5 vs state

English Language Arts27%-18 vs state

Math26%-12 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Monday, July 25, 2022

Racist

by a parent
Saturday, June 25, 2022

We love coperni 3. I have two kids who go here and they are doing very well. They started out lower and having trouble reading, but they can both read now and are doing great at math too. The teachers really care about the students and it makes a big difference in how much my kids want to go to school every day. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

We were so excited to enroll I. This school as we had a family member that raved reviewed in the past, however the current administration is a nightmare. They do not communicate with families and students are not treated with respect and constantly yelled at. We had an incident and reached out to the CEO Mike Miles to which he responded in a very unprofessional manner and accused us of using his email as a social media platform to spread disinformation and threw insults at me for being a concerned parent and told us if we didn’t like the school to just leave. This place is just a glorified daycare and this year they have lost almost half the staff due to the toxic environment. If you value your children education, do not enroll in this school or you will regret it. Your child will come home everyday saying how much they hate school and it’s like a prison. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

We were so excited for Coperni 3 to open, we went to all of the open houses, bbq’s while it was being built. It was extremely lacking once school started. My 3 boys didn’t enjoy the way the classes were set up, no recess since it’s in a shopping mall. They bus the kids to a trampoline park or other places to run around. The food is brought in because there is no cooking facility at the school. The kids hated the food. The highly qualified principal who was supposed to run the school ended up quitting a few months after the school opened and the lady who took over was horrible! Had no clue how to handle kids with an IEP or a 504 plan. Just overall we had an awful experience at this school in the mall. Why would you open an elementary school in a mall where there are shootings happening in the area on a regular basis? We got the heck out of this awful place and my boys are so much happier. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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	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	Total
Coperni 3	Public, Charter	K-8	750 Citadel Drive East	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(719) 619-7178	367	24	15.5	70.0%	108 (29.4%)	41 (11.2%)	203 (55.3%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	22.7	703^rd of 946 public elementary schools	25.7%		22.5	700^th of 950 public elementary schools	26.3%	3	22.7	29.4	28.2	26.9	40.0	17.2	26.9	25.0	20.6	23.1	23.1	20.0	44.8	25.6	30.8	31.0	$12,110
Twain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3402 East San Miguel Street	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7700	291	22	12.9	81.4%	85 (29.2%)	33 (11.3%)	129 (44.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (13.1%)	11.5	868^th of 946 public elementary schools	8.2%		14.2	819^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.8%	49	9.4	27.9	17.5				17.6	20.8	20.9	15.0				19.1	10.3		$22,416
Monroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15 South Chelton Road	Colorado Springs	80910	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7400	321	28	11.4	75.4%	85 (26.5%)	29 (9.0%)	174 (54.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	27 (8.4%)	6.7	928^th of 946 public elementary schools	1.9%		9.6	892^nd of 950 public elementary schools	6.1%	36	10.4	10.4	12.2				10.9	12.5	14.6	7.3				11.7	12.2		$23,245
Roosevelt Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	205 South Byron Drive	Colorado Springs	80910	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	No	No	Yes	(719) 637-0311	480	33	14.5	73.5%	49 (10.2%)	42 (8.8%)	353 (73.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	30 (6.3%)	13.3	838^th of 946 public elementary schools	11.4%		13.5	829^th of 950 public elementary schools	12.7%	9	5.7	19.2	32.3				18.8	9.9	16.5	20.0				15.3	25.4		$16,247
Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1409 De Reamer Circle	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7800	295	28	10.6	73.9%	52 (17.6%)	15 (5.1%)	204 (69.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.1%)	13.9	831^st of 946 public elementary schools	12.2%		8.1	917^th of 950 public elementary schools	3.5%	86	22.2	8.9	20.6				16.9	22.2	22.7	22.9				22.6	14.3		$23,345
Rogers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	110 South Circle Drive	Colorado Springs	80910	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-3300	267	24	10.9	77.9%	79 (29.6%)	27 (10.1%)	141 (52.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.7%)	26.1	667^th of 946 public elementary schools	29.5%		10.2	883^rd of 950 public elementary schools	7.1%	216	26.3	30.0	28.1				28.2	26.3	35.9	35.5				32.4	18.8		$23,595
James Irwin Elementary School - Howard	Public, Charter	K-5	1801 Howard Avenue	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 302-9100	213	16	13.0	54.9%	96 (45.1%)	23 (10.8%)	70 (32.9%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (8.9%)	18.5	768^th of 946 public elementary schools	18.8%		36.7	561^st of 950 public elementary schools	40.9%	207	27.6	16.7	33.3				26.0	717.0	715.0	716.0				6.4	717.0		$13,611
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4120 Constitution Avenue	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-7300	265	17	15.3	73.2%	122 (46.0%)	22 (8.3%)	88 (33.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.7%)	27.1	657^th of 946 public elementary schools	30.5%		21	723^rd of 950 public elementary schools	23.9%	66	24.4	35.3	33.3				30.5	37.8	27.3	25.6				30.8	23.1		$22,906
Queen Palmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1921 East Yampa Street	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-3200	198	15	12.8	77.3%	72 (36.4%)	15 (7.6%)	84 (42.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	24 (12.1%)	41.9	499^th of 946 public elementary schools	47.3%		44.2	501^st of 950 public elementary schools	47.3%	2	40.7	50.0	42.9				45.0	55.6	24.2	28.6				35.8	14.3		$22,977
Henry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1310 Lehmberg Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7200	306	21	14.7	65.4%	107 (35.0%)	26 (8.5%)	131 (42.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (12.4%)	22.8	699^th of 946 public elementary schools	26.1%		22.2	704^th of 950 public elementary schools	25.9%	5	25.7	31.9	36.6				31.7	25.7	31.9	22.0				26.8	12.2		$20,624

Frequently Asked Questions about Coperni 3

What district is Coperni 3 in?

State Charter School Institute

What is the racial makeup of Coperni 3?

Students at Coperni 3 are 55% Hispanic, 29% White, 11% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Coperni 3?

In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended Coperni 3.

Is Coperni 3 a good school?

Coperni 3 ranks 703^rd of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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