Adams-Arapahoe 28J
Colorado Springs D11: From 29% to 46% Chronic Absenteeism in a Single Year
Something happened in Colorado Springs District 11 last year that no other large Colorado district experienced. The chronic absenteeism rate nearly doubled, jumping from 29.2% in 2023-24 to 45.8% in 2...
Native American Enrollment Falls 22% in Colorado, Steepest of Any Group
In a state named for its river by Spanish explorers and built on the ancestral lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples, the number of Native American students enrolled in public schools has fa...
District 27J adds 7,187 students as Denver's northern suburbs absorb the growth
Colorado lost nearly 18,000 public school students between 2014-15 and 2025-26. School District 27J gained 7,187.
White Kindergartners Down 21% in a Decade
Colorado's kindergarten classrooms in 2025-26 look nothing like they did a decade ago. White kindergartners numbered 27,385 in the October 2025 count, down 7,400 from 34,785 in 2016. That is a 21.3% d...
Colorado Hits All-Time Low as 10,000 Students Vanish
For five years, Colorado's enrollment decline looked manageable. The state lost 29,762 students during COVID's first year, clawed back 3,369 the next, then settled into a slow bleed of 1,000 to 3,000 ...
No Single Majority: White Students Drop Below 50% in Colorado
For the first time in the history of Colorado's public school system, no single racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority of students. White enrollment fell to 49.2% in 2024-25, then slipped furth...