School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Otero Elementary SchoolDraft

Harrison 2 · Colorado Springs · elementary (grades 3–5)
−2.0
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Otero Elementary School scored 2.0 points below expected in English and 2.0 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 40th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 22nd), and #11 of 13 neighborhood elementary schools in Harrison 2. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
−2.0
±3.1 pts · 40th pct. adjusted
English growth
36
median growth percentile · 8th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−2.0
±3.7 pts · 41st pct. adjusted
Math growth
49
median growth percentile · 64th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
10%20%30%40%202420252026English 28%Math 20%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)0.0−3.0−3.4
English growth (MGP)263149
Math vs. expected (pts)+2.3−3.9−4.7
Math growth (MGP)403470
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Simla+10.9Orchard Avenue+8.5Welchester+6.2Mountain View+6.2Oak Creek+5.5Lincoln Orchard Mesa+4.4Mesa+3.0Woodglen+2.0Meeker+1.3Aragon+0.7Fruitvale−0.1Westview−0.2Cresson−0.5Independence−0.6Otero−2.0Meadow Point−2.2Pomona−2.6Fremont−3.2Thunder Mountain−3.6Madison−4.5Johnson−4.6Cimarron−7.6Mountainside−8.2Harris Park−8.4Abrams−9.6Hanover−11.9

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+35%Free/reduced-price lunch80%English learners10%Students with IEPs21%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.8× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 340. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.