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Colorado Elementary And Middle

Public Grades PK, KG-8

3702^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Colorado Elementary And Middle is a public school in Colorado City, Texas, serving 698 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Colorado Independent School District, which is ranked 772 out of 961 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Colorado Elementary And Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years. The school's STAAR test scores are significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subjects, with proficiency rates ranging from 38.46% to 48.57% in reading and 17.39% to 56.6% in mathematics, compared to state averages of 51.69% to 57.83% and 31.12% to 46.24%, respectively. The school has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 63.42% to 67.05% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, the nearby Roscoe Elementary, a public charter school, outperforms Colorado Elementary And Middle on STAAR test scores, with proficiency rates often 20-30 percentage points higher in reading and mathematics. In contrast, the Lone Star Online Academy, another nearby school, has significantly lower STAAR scores compared to Colorado Elementary And Middle. The Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood program also has a lower percentage of economically disadvantaged students (59.52%) compared to Colorado Elementary And Middle.

681

Students ?

130.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,711

Per pupil spending ?

63.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1244 E 10th St
Colorado City, TX 79512

(325) 728-3471

District: Colorado Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Colorado Elementary And Middle usually attend:

High:

Colorado High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

56.4%

White:

32.0%

Two or more races:

5.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 24th percentile in 2019 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (34% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg34%

Texas avg46%

Elementary school

3,702^nd of 4,651

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 3 pts since 2019

From bottom 24% (2019) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,537^th of 2,344

Texas public middle schools ?

Bottom 34%▼ down 6 pts since 2019

From bottom 41% (2019) to bottom 34% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

772^nd of 961Colorado Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	3702 of 4651	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	3922 of 4710	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	3792 of 4647	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	3478 of 4581	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.0	2510 of 4578	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	3418 of 4479	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	22.9	2205 of 2515	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	2059 of 2483	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	32.3	3353 of 4461	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.3	2399 of 4331	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.2	2659 of 4295	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.9	2656 of 4240	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	19.9	3296 of 3668	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.9	1230 of 3333	63.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	2505 of 3744	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.9	3492 of 4658	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	3746 of 4588	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.0	3422 of 4561	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.4	2616 of 4499	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.1	3317 of 4348	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	3321 of 4306	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	2664 of 3644	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	3706 of 4465	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	3786 of 4401	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	3661 of 4376	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	3358 of 4329	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.0	3343 of 4188	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.7	3074 of 4168	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	2752 of 3705	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.2	3694 of 4594	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	3641 of 4521	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.4	3284 of 4477	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.6	2764 of 4451	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.8	3464 of 4309	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.2	3426 of 4264	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	3009 of 3739	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	3815 of 4647	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	3734 of 4585	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	3538 of 4563	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.1	2379 of 4498	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.9	3364 of 4357	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.4	2606 of 4319	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	65.8	825 of 3549	76.8%	★★★★☆
2024	64.4	1044 of 4292	75.7%	★★★★☆
2023	38.8	2390 of 4086	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.6	2295 of 3952	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.5	3152 of 3799	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.2	3428 of 3684	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	3215 of 3558	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	2344 of 2612	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	2560 of 3108	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	2873 of 3106	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.3	2536 of 3082	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.8	1825 of 3082	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.3	2581 of 3142	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	2446 of 3127	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	1537 of 2344	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.6	1514 of 2372	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.6	945 of 2330	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.4	670 of 2254	70.3%	★★★★☆
2021	51.0	999 of 2252	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.6	1303 of 2193	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	44.9	594 of 1193	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.2	641 of 1167	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	69.7	375 of 2182	82.8%	★★★★☆
2021	62.5	507 of 2118	76.1%	★★★★☆
2019	47.9	928 of 2058	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.2	730 of 2008	63.6%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	1251 of 1428	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	50.8	622 of 1643	62.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	1116 of 1825	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.8	1554 of 2242	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.1	1043 of 2241	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.1	606 of 2221	72.7%	★★★★☆
2021	52.2	929 of 2151	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.0	1178 of 2047	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.9	1346 of 2008	33.0%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	43.3	1014 of 1446	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.6	1150 of 1430	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	1221 of 1731	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.5	1719 of 2119	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	58.9	698 of 2116	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.3	625 of 2077	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.5	839 of 2043	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.6	1433 of 1935	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	1226 of 1895	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	1084 of 1820	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	1718 of 2235	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	51.4	988 of 2251	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	68.4	434 of 2220	80.5%	★★★★☆
2021	47.5	1063 of 2172	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.1	1517 of 2073	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.2	1527 of 2039	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	1201 of 1818	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.2	1312 of 2246	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.5	805 of 2245	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.8	767 of 2228	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.6	972 of 2168	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.3	1311 of 2069	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.5	856 of 2030	57.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	46.1	773 of 1568	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.3	1175 of 1891	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.9	1296 of 1815	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	52.6	580 of 1757	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.5	836 of 1712	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	27.0	1364 of 1626	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	1545 of 1597	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	1050 of 1439	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.2	1008 of 1733	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	1019 of 1749	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.0	615 of 1723	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	40.7	1054 of 1700	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.6	1160 of 1684	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.3	965 of 1673	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile+56 vs school

Female (2025)33rd percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)27th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile+5 vs school

At Risk (2022)25th percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

African American (2019)12th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)10th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

At Risk (2022)83rd percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)51st percentile+16 vs school

African American (2019)50th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)40th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)34th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2019)30th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)27th percentile-7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)12th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Reading43%-11 vs state

Mathematics31%-11 vs state

Social Studies21%-9 vs state

Science19%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)						STAAR Mathematics (2025)						STAAR Science (2025)		STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Colorado Elementary And Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	1244 E 10th St	Colorado City	79512	Mitchell County	Colorado Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 728-3471	681	5	130.7	63.9%	218 (32.0%)	36 (5.3%)	384 (56.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.6%)	25.5	3702^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	20.4%		22.6	3922^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	16.7%	220		44.6	42.1	48.6	42.2	38.5	40.7	35.1	22.8	22.9	17.4	32.3	56.6	11.4	28.3	20.8	$9,711
Roscoe Elementary	Public, Charter	1-5	800 Elm	Roscoe	79545	Nolan County	Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 766-3323	179	17	10.4	54.2%	57 (31.8%)	2 (1.1%)	118 (65.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	62.3	1469^th of 4651 public elementary schools	68.4%		34.9	3150^th of 4710 public elementary schools	33.1%	1681		71.7	55.6	46.9				78.3	55.6	25.0				25.0			$13,928
Lone Star Online Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	1101 W 7th St	Roscoe	79545	Nolan County	Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	Yes	No	(325) 766-3629	11,686				2,448 (20.9%)	2,561 (21.9%)	5,683 (48.6%)	295 (2.5%)	77 (0.7%)	37 (0.3%)	585 (5.0%)	5.6	4605^th of 4651 public elementary schools	1.0%		6.8	4632^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	1.7%	27	0.0	22.2	19.1	24.5	32.9	24.8	27.1	6.8	4.5	7.4	7.8	6.3	7.5	4.3	13.6	4.6	$11,044
Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood	Public, Charter	PK-K	1006 Main	Roscoe	79545	Nolan County	Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 766-3629	84	4	21.0	58.3%	29 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (58.3%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.0%)								(n/a)																	$12,794

Frequently Asked Questions about Colorado Elementary And Middle

What district is Colorado Elementary And Middle in?

Colorado Independent School District (Isd)

Is Colorado Elementary And Middle a good school?

Colorado Elementary And Middle ranks in the bottom 20.4% of Texas elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Colorado Elementary And Middle attend?

Students who attend Colorado Elementary And Middle usually go on to attend:

High : Colorado High School

What is the racial makeup of Colorado Elementary And Middle?

Students at Colorado Elementary And Middle are 56% Hispanic, 32% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American.

How many students attend Colorado Elementary And Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 681 students attended Colorado Elementary And Middle.

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