Summary:
Zip code 81637 is home to a single high school, Eagle Valley High School, which serves grades 9-12 in Gypsum, Colorado, with an enrollment of 980 students. The school is part of the Eagle County School District No. Re 50, which ranks 57th out of 115 Colorado districts with a 3-star rating. With only one high school in the area, all comparisons are made against district and statewide benchmarks.
Eagle Valley's clearest strength is its graduation rate of 91.3%, which is 7.2 points above its district (84.1%) and 5.7 points above the state (85.6%). The school also leads in science, with 27.4% of 11th graders proficient on the CMAS Science test, beating both the district (22.5%) and state (24.8%). However, mathematics is a significant weakness. SAT math proficiency is just 22% compared to 32% statewide, PSAT9 math is 30% versus 40%, and PSAT10 math is 28% versus 39%. Reading and writing scores are stronger, ranging from 54% to 61% across assessments. Notably, SAT scores declined sharply from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with reading/writing dropping 7 points and math dropping 8 points, while district and state scores remained stable.
Chronic absenteeism affects 29.0% of students at the school, which is slightly better than the district's 31.1% but slightly worse than the state's 28.4%. The school has moderate economic diversity, with 35.71% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Its state ranking has slipped from the 50th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 36th percentile in 2025-2026, though star ratings have held at 2 stars. On a positive note, 9th- and 10th-grade PSAT scores improved over the past year, suggesting that younger cohorts may be better prepared in the near future.
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