Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80132

ZIP code 80132 in Monument, Colorado, is served by 8 schools—4 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school—that enroll 5,264 students across grades PK–12. Seven of these schools belong to the Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38, a top-performing Colorado district ranked 9th of 115 districts (92nd percentile, 5 stars). The exception is Education reEnvisioned School, a small K–12 alternative school with just 59 students and a 2.4:1 student-teacher ratio, run by the Education Reenvisioned BOCES district. Every school with test data outperforms state averages in nearly every subject, making this an unusually strong cluster of schools.

Palmer Ridge High School is the top academic high school, ranking 55th of 338 (84th percentile) with a 94.4% graduation rate and SAT proficiency well above state averages—80% in reading/writing and 53% in math. Prairie Winds Elementary School leads the elementary schools, ranking 118th of 943 (87th percentile) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.9:1) and 68.4% ELA and 61.1% math proficiency. Lewis-Palmer High School ranks slightly lower (73rd of 338) but posts the area's best attendance, with just 4.4% chronic absenteeism versus the state's 28.4%. Monument Charter Academy is the outlier: despite having the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (9.97%), it has the lowest test scores and ranks 423rd of 943 elementary schools.

The biggest concerns sit at the middle school level. Lewis-Palmer Middle School ranks in the 78th percentile—below every elementary school except Monument Charter—and has the area's highest chronic absenteeism (25.0%), with ELA and math proficiency below district averages. Bear Creek Elementary School shows a notable grade-level drop: 6th-grade math falls to 34.2% proficiency, a 28-point decline from 5th grade and below the district's 40.6% average. Encouragingly, science scores improved dramatically across several schools last year, including Monument Charter (+16.5 points), Lewis-Palmer Middle (+13.8 points), and Prairie Winds (+5.1 points). Overall, families have strong options at every level—Palmer Ridge and Prairie Winds lead academically, Lewis-Palmer High excels at attendance, and Education reEnvisioned School provides a unique, small-scale alternative.