School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Platte Canyon Middle/High SchoolDraft

Platte Canyon 1 · Bailey · middle (grades 6–8)
+0.3
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Platte Canyon Middle/High School scored 6.9 points above expected in English and 6.4 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 75th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 88th), and #2 of 2 neighborhood middle schools in Platte Canyon 1. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
+6.9
±5.3 pts · 75th pct. adjusted
English growth
61
median growth percentile · 95th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−6.4
±5.1 pts · 20th pct. adjusted
Math growth
43
median growth percentile · 14th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
30%40%50%60%70%202420252026English 65%Math 44%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)——+6.9
English growth (MGP)——61
Math vs. expected (pts)——−6.4
Math growth (MGP)——43
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.
Gold Camp+12.5Prairie Winds+11.1Lyons Middle/Senior High School+10.8Fitzsimmons+8.6Platte Canyon Middle/High School+6.9Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Bear Creek+3.9Westview+3.5Lewis-Palmer+2.8Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5High Plains School−0.9Lewis-Palmer−0.9Rocky Top−1.8Infinity−2.2Nederland Middle-Senior High Sc…−5.0Ken Caryl−5.0Gilpin County Undivided High Sc…−6.8Falcon−8.1Lucile Erwin−8.4Drake Junior High School−8.5Rodger Quist−10.6Windsor−12.0Severance−13.1

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+49%Free/reduced-price lunch24%English learners0%Students with IEPs10%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 5.8× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 272. 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.