Colorado Independent School District (Isd)

The Colorado Independent School District (Isd) in Texas is a small, rural district serving approximately 927 students across three schools: one combined elementary/middle school and two high schools.

The district's standout is Colorado High School, which consistently earns a 3-star rating and ranks in the 45th-51st percentile among Texas high schools. It boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, while also outperforming state averages in key subjects like U.S. History (76.47% proficiency) and nearly matching the state in Biology (69.81%). In stark contrast, Wallace Accelerated High School is an alternative school with only 18 students that ranks in the bottom 2% of Texas high schools, with critically low test scores—including 0% proficiency in English II Reading—and a high dropout rate of 6.5%. The largest school, Colorado Elementary And Middle, serves 681 students but has seen a steady decline in its state ranking, dropping from the 17th to the 27th percentile over three years, with scores consistently 10-20 points below state averages in core subjects.

A key paradox is that the highest-performing school (Colorado High School) also has the highest per-student spending ($15,250), while the lowest-performing school (Colorado Elementary And Middle) has the lowest spending ($10,369). However, a bright spot exists in 8th-grade mathematics at the elementary/middle school, where students achieved a 63.08% proficiency rate—significantly above the state average of 47.24%. The district overall ranks 721st out of 951 in Texas (24th percentile), with high poverty rates (53-83% free/reduced lunch) and reported student-teacher ratios that are extraordinarily high, suggesting potential data anomalies or very large class sizes.