Colorado test results for 2025 show Lewis-Arriola Elementary School rising above the state average, while other schools in the Montezuma-Cortez School District received scores below the state benchmark.
The Colorado Measures of Academic Success tests are administered to students in grades three through eight in spring. Results are published by the Colorado Department of Education in the fall.
According to the CDE, Colorado elementary and middle school students “are now performing at or above pre-pandemic levels in most grades and subjects – with math gains a particularly bright spot.”
Some groups, specifically those learning English as a second language, are achieving “far below” grade level, the CDE said.
The state average for students meeting or exceeding expectations was 44.8% for English language arts and 35.9% in math, an increase over the averages for 2024.
In the Montezuma-Cortez School District, Lewis-Arriola Elementary School students scored 72.9% for ELA and 51.7% for math. Cortez Middle School scored 30.2% for ELA and 16.7% for math.
Kemper Elementary’s scores were 26.2% for ELA and 22.2% for math, while Mesa Elementary’s were 20.9% for ELA and 13.1% for math.
The district’s charter schools received incomplete results. The CDE said incomplete results indicate either too few students were tested or the data was suppressed. Battle Rock Charter School didn’t receive a score for ELA but received a score of 21.4% for math.
Children’s Kiva Montessori didn’t receive a score for math but scored 36.4% for ELA. Pleasant View Charter School didn’t receive scores for either subject.
The total for Montezuma-Cortez district schools, including charters, was 30.8% for ELA and 19% for math.
Dolores Elementary School scored 35.8% for ELA and 28.4% for math, and Dolores Middle School scored 35.8% for ELA and 24.5% for math.
While individual results were not provided for Mancos Elementary School and Mancos Middle School, the combined results for both schools showed 26.3% for ELA and 21.1% for math.
