Summary:
Zip code 80212 contains three elementary schools serving grades PK-5, with no middle or high schools located in the immediate area. These schools — Edison Elementary School, Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning, and Rocky Mountain Prep Berkeley — all belong to School District No. 1, which ranks 71st out of 115 Colorado districts, though school-level outcomes vary dramatically within the zip code.
Edison Elementary School is the stand-out high performer, ranking 32nd out of 943 Colorado elementary schools (97th percentile) with a 5-star rating. Its ELA proficiency is 76.1%, math 72.4%, and science 71.6% — far above district and state averages. Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning sits in the middle, ranking in the 69th percentile with a 3-star rating and exceeding state averages in every subject. Rocky Mountain Prep Berkeley is the most challenged of the three, ranking in the 41st percentile with a 2-star rating, with ELA proficiency of 34.7% and math of 30.8%.
The performance gap between the top and bottom schools is striking: Edison and Rocky Mountain Prep Berkeley are only a few miles apart, yet differ by roughly 41 percentage points in both ELA and math proficiency. Poverty and attendance align closely with achievement — Edison has an 18% free/reduced lunch rate and 11.4% chronic absenteeism, while Rocky Mountain Prep has 60.2% and 35.6%, respectively. Still, Rocky Mountain Prep has bright spots: its 5th-grade science proficiency (47.1%) essentially ties Centennial and far exceeds district and state averages. The gap narrows as students progress, with Rocky Mountain Prep's ELA rising from 24.3% in 3rd grade to 45.7% in 5th grade. Notably, Rocky Mountain Prep has the smallest class sizes (14.7 student-teacher ratio) yet the lowest test scores, suggesting socioeconomic factors and attendance play a larger role than class size alone.
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