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Colorado Elem and MS

Mitchell County · Region 14: Abilene · 687 students

Current score
72/1002025-26
Change
−15 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.8 ptsvs 79.8 average · 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,548 of 2,001tied with 45 others
C72

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.8 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Colorado Elem and MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.8 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,548th of 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 45 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageColorado Elem and MS 8776637672 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 85 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7279.8 2,001 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7679.5 1,977 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6377.6 1,963 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7678.1 1,930 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8782.2 1,909 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement71 C−6.4 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • School Progress73 C−7.7 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps71 C−6.0 vs similar economic context · 1,867 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,826 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.0 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Colorado Elem and MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement71C9
School Progress73C7
Closing the Gaps71C9
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 7 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (73), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 73.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level70%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level49%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
687
Economically disadvantaged
65.7%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
6.9%−11.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.8%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.5%+1.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Colorado Elem and MS

African American: 5.8%Hispanic: 58.4%White: 31.9%Asian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 3.6%
  • African American 5.8%
  • Hispanic 58.4%
  • White 31.9%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 3.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.5%White: 29.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.5%
  • White 29.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
668
Economically disadvantaged students
439
Emergent bilingual students
46
Special education students
132

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
94
Students in TEA mobility denominator
581
TEA-published mobility rate
16.2%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 687 students in 2025–26, an increase of 6 (0.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
687

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+6

Increase · +0.9%

Change since 2021–22
+10

Increase · +1.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
687
Selected comparison
628.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Colorado Elem and MS
School yearStudents enrolledColorado Elem and MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 677 First available year 644
2022–23 708 Increase of 31 (4.6%) 649.8
2023–24 698 Decrease of 10 (1.4%) 648.2
2024–25 681 Decrease of 17 (2.4%) 644.8
2025–26 687 Increase of 6 (0.9%) 628.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
38

5.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
78

10.51 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
742

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
5.1%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,545 rated schools reporting

−7.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
10.51
Selected comparison
30.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,651 rated schools reporting

−19.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Colorado Elem and MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 757 45 5.9% 55 7.27 9.8% 19.5
2021–22 725 32 4.4% 40 5.52 12.9% 30.4
2022–23 769 78 10.1% 134 17.43 13.4% 32.2
2023–24 733 34 4.6% 52 7.09 13.2% 32
2024–25 742 38 5.1% 78 10.51 12.9% 30.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Colorado Elem and MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 38 5.1% 78 10.51 12.9% 30.4
In-school suspensions 34 4.6% 61 8.22 11.5% 23
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 11 1.48 — 10.7
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$19k$32k20182020202220242025
  • Colorado Elem and MS
  • Parent district: Colorado ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,980
Selected comparison
$12,731

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting

−$2,751 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,980 per student for this campus, $30,741 per student for its parent district, Colorado ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearColorado Elem and MSParent district: Colorado ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,553$12,806$13,054$7,953 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2019$6,786$14,355$13,108$8,116 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,854 rated schools reporting
2020$7,213$14,433$14,058$8,699 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,873 rated schools reporting
2021$8,065$15,982$14,797$9,169 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting
2022$8,587$18,732$15,708$10,486 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 rated schools reporting
2023$8,623$17,714$16,792$11,193 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 rated schools reporting
2024$9,907$20,710$18,125$12,099 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 rated schools reporting
2025$9,980$30,741$18,972$12,731 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$59,814−$6,636 vs similar economic context
Teachers
43+0.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.6+1.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Colorado Elem and MS

1 to 5 years: 16.6%6 to 10 years: 22.1%11 to 20 years: 35.2%21 to 30 years: 18.6%Over 30 years: 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 16.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 35.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.6%
  • Over 30 years 7.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.8%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Colorado Elem and MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classColorado Elem and MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 220.118.4
Grade 417.619
Grade 617.617.7
Secondary math24.516

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 4 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 168901100.