School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Southeast Elementary SchoolDraft

School District 27J · Brighton · elementary (grades 3–5)
+0.2
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Southeast Elementary School scored 1.9 points above expected in English and 1.4 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 63rd percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 19th), and #3 of 12 neighborhood elementary schools in School District 27J. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
+1.9
±2.5 pts · 63rd pct. adjusted
English growth
46
median growth percentile · 29th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−1.4
±2.3 pts · 44th pct. adjusted
Math growth
44
median growth percentile · 25th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
0%10%20%30%40%202420252026English 27%Math 20%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+3.6+1.3+0.8
English growth (MGP)465042
Math vs. expected (pts)−1.2−2.0−1.1
Math growth (MGP)464343
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.
Westminster Academy for Interna…+13.0Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Aca…+9.4Yuma+9.1Dalton+8.7Dartmouth+8.5Welby Community School of the A…+8.0South+7.4Achieve Academy+5.8Arkansas+5.7Kenneth P Morris+3.9Edna and John W. Mosley P-8+3.5Dos Rios+3.4Vassar+3.2Northeast+2.6Southeast+1.9Global Primary Academy+1.2Holyoke−0.3Centennial−1.0Malley Drive−2.9Yale−3.3Shawsheen−3.8Heiman−4.8Twombly−4.8Leo William Butler−7.0Cimarron−7.6Harris Park−8.4

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+23%Free/reduced-price lunch76%English learners40%Students with IEPs19%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 3.0× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 469. 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.