Summary:
Zip code 80113 in Englewood, Colorado contains 5 schools serving grades PK-12, all part of Englewood School District No. 1, which is rated 2 stars and ranks in the 32nd percentile statewide. The district sits in the lower half of Colorado districts, and the average free/reduced lunch rate across its schools is about 61%, indicating a predominantly low-income student population. Chronic absenteeism averages 34.9%, well above the state rate of 28.4%.
The clear standout is Englewood Leadership Academy, a grades 6-9 school that ranks in the 76th percentile with 4 stars and posted the highest test scores in the zip code, including 55.1% ELA proficiency and 59.4% science proficiency, both well above state averages. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 23.6%. For elementary families, Charles Hay World School is the strongest option, with ELA proficiency of 50% (above the state average of 44.7%) and an improving ranking that now sits at the 55th percentile.
The remaining schools are struggling. Cherrelyn Elementary ranks in the 21st percentile with ELA proficiency of just 28.9%, while Englewood Middle School ranks in the 25th percentile and has a 43.6% chronic absenteeism rate, the highest in the area. Englewood High School posts a graduation rate of 79.3%, well above the district rate of 63.4%, but its dropout rate of 6.4% is 4 times the state average and SAT math proficiency is just 25%. Across the area, math scores lag reading, and attendance appears closely tied to achievement, with the two highest-performing schools also having the best attendance.
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