Summary:
ZIP code 80831, serving the Peyton and Falcon communities in Colorado, is home to three high schools — Falcon High School, Peyton Senior High School, and Patriot High School — that together educate 1,484 students across grades 6 through 12, with two schools belonging to El Paso County Colorado School District 49 and one to Peyton School District No. 23.
Falcon High School is the largest and strongest academic performer among the three, graduating 93.4% of students and achieving 69% proficiency on the 11th-grade SAT reading/writing portion, though its SAT math proficiency is just 24% and chronic absenteeism runs high at 56.6%. Peyton Senior High School leads in engagement with an outstanding 12.9% chronic absenteeism rate and a 97.9% graduation rate, but has no recent test scores available for comparison. Patriot High School faces the greatest challenges, with a 68.4% graduation rate, 38.26% poverty rate, and only 29% proficiency on SAT reading/writing.
The two schools within El Paso County Colorado School District 49 differ dramatically despite nearly identical chronic absenteeism rates around 52–57%. Falcon graduates 25 percentage points more students and scores 33 points higher on SAT reading/writing than Patriot, indicating that factors such as school configuration, demographics, and academic programs play a larger role than attendance alone. Patriot's 6–12 model and higher poverty rate may contribute, while Peyton's small-school setting with a 14:1 student-teacher ratio appears to support strong attendance and completion outcomes. The most actionable takeaways for parents are Falcon's large math proficiency gap, Patriot's need for academic support, and the chronic absenteeism issue affecting both District 49 schools.
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