Summary:
Zip code 80813 contains exactly one high school, Cripple Creek-Victor Junior-Senior High School, a small combined junior/senior high school serving grades 6 through 12 with 162 students in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The school is part of the Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1, which ranks 104th out of 115 Colorado districts (10th percentile, 1 star). About 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13:1 — reflecting a rural, economically disadvantaged community with limited resources.
Academically, this school faces substantial challenges. On the 2025-2026 CMAS assessments, only 13.8% of students scored proficient in English Language Arts and just 5.2% in math, compared to state averages of 44.7% and 37.3%. The graduation rate is 74.3% versus 85.6% statewide, and the dropout rate of 1.8% slightly exceeds the state's 1.6%. Perhaps the most concerning statistic is chronic absenteeism: 56.7% of students are chronically absent, more than double the state average of 28.4%. The one bright spot is 9th-grade PSAT Reading/Writing, where 62% of students scored proficient, nearly matching the state average of 66%. However, this strength fades by 11th grade, where only 25% meet the SAT Reading/Writing benchmark compared to 60% statewide.
The school's small size means results can swing dramatically year to year based on individual cohorts, and the district's low ranking largely mirrors this single school's performance. Parents should know that while the school shows some signs of reading strength in early high school, math proficiency is critically low and attendance is a serious obstacle to success. The district's most urgent priorities are reducing chronic absenteeism, building foundational math skills, and supporting more students to graduation. In short, this is a school where dedicated effort and targeted intervention could make a meaningful difference, but significant work lies ahead.
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