Overview

• Most grades returned to or surpassed 2019 performance, but fourth- and eighth-grade literacy and eighth-grade math remain below pre-pandemic levels.
• Math and science rose statewide, with eighth-grade science improving to about 36% meeting or exceeding expectations from roughly 32% last year.
• English learners posted extremely low proficiency in several grades, including less than 3% of sixth graders meeting expectations.
• Spanish-language literacy results were weak, and Denver Public Schools said newly arrived immigrant students were included this year after the state rejected a request to exclude them.
• District outcomes varied widely, with Denver at about 42% proficient in literacy and 33% in math, Jeffco at 52.5% and 42.8%, and Douglas County at 63.4% and 55.5%.