In Colorado, 24.5% of Black students are proficient in math at the typical school — against 45.2% of White students. Within Adams-Arapahoe 28J alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 80 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Colorado schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Colorado school. Groups are shown wherever Colorado reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from CMAS 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 15 districts, 195 Colorado schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Colorado school the picture is black students at 26.7%, hispanic students at 23.6%, white students at 46.2% and asian students at 49.1%. That is a 25.5-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
Across 175 Black student results — the strongest in the state at scale. Challenge School in Cherry Creek reaches 86.5% across 126. Two schools showing the ceiling is not fixed.
Aurora Quest K-8 reaches 89.1%. East Middle School, in the same district, sits at 8.7%. Across 36 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
19.7% of Black students are proficient, against 48.7% of White students. Reading is 28.8 points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Quest K-8Adams-Arapahoe 28J | 90.5% | 89.1% | 88.2% | 93.3% | — |
| Challenge SchoolCherry Creek 5 Magnet | 91.1% | 86.5% | — | 91.4% | 94.8% |
| Cherry Creek Charter AcademyCherry Creek 5 Charter | 82.4% | 77.6% | — | 79.8% | 88.2% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep CreeksideDenver County 1 Charter | 48.5% | 65.9% | 29.3% | 59.5% | — |
| American AcademyDouglas County Re 1 Charter | 69.5% | 63.9% | 60.8% | 66.5% | 81.2% |
| Indian Ridge Elementary SchoolCherry Creek 5 | 62.2% | 58.5% | 50% | 66.8% | 65.6% |
| Black Forest Hills Elementary SchoolCherry Creek 5 | 63.9% | 57.1% | 46.2% | 66.7% | 72% |
| Aurora Frontier K-8Adams-Arapahoe 28J | 53.4% | 55.7% | 37% | 65.9% | 66.9% |
| William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 SchoolDenver County 1 | 80.1% | 53.1% | 62% | 85.8% | 71.8% |
| DSST: Cedar Middle SchoolDenver County 1 Charter | 62.4% | 52.1% | 44.7% | 77.8% | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Shoemaker SchoolDenver County 1 | 13.9% | 7.9% | 8.6% | 33.3% | — |
| East Middle SchoolAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 8.2% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 13.6% | 20.5% |
| Wildflower Elementary SchoolHarrison 2 | 21.9% | 8.8% | 18.3% | 42.6% | — |
| Virginia Court Elementary SchoolAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 13.4% | 8.8% | 11.1% | 34.1% | — |
| Marrama Elementary SchoolDenver County 1 | 14.5% | 9.6% | 15.7% | — | 30.4% |
| Aurora Hills Middle SchoolAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 9.6% | 9.7% | 6.9% | 25.3% | 23.3% |
| Mrachek Middle SchoolAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 13.9% | 9.9% | 10.6% | 18.4% | — |
| Aurora West College Preparatory AcademyAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 3% | 10% | 4.4% | — | — |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early CollegeDenver County 1 | 14.3% | 10.5% | 12.3% | — | 36.6% |
| Lansing Elementary Community SchoolAdams-Arapahoe 28J | 10% | 10.7% | 8.5% | — | — |
In Adams-Arapahoe 28J, Aurora Quest K-8 reports 89.1% of Black students meeting the standard. East Middle School, in the same district, reports 8.7%. That is a 80.4-point spread across 36 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.