Pueblo City 60
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...
Half of Colorado's Districts Just Hit All-Time Lows
Jefferson County R-1 has closed 21 schools since 2021, cut 139 positions from next year's budget, and still cannot outrun the math. In 2025-26, the state's second-largest district enrolled 74,177 stud...
28,000 Students, No Buildings
Colorado Springs 11 is the state's 13th largest school district. It operates 60 schools across the state's second-largest city. Education reEnvisioned BOCES, by contrast, has no attendance boundaries ...
Jefferson County Has Lost 12,521 Students in 10 Years
Jefferson County R-1 enrolled 74,177 students this fall. A decade ago, it enrolled 86,698. The difference, 12,521 students, is nearly the size of the entire Pueblo City 60 school district. No other la...
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 ...