Colorado school board elections, 2021

Main article: School board elections, 2021

Elections

The table below contains links to all school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2021 in this state. This list may not include all school districts that held elections in 2021. Ballotpedia's coverage included all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment across the country.

Editor's note: Some school districts choose to cancel the primary election, or both the primary and general election, if the number of candidates who filed does not meet a certain threshold. The table below does not reflect which primary or general elections were canceled. Please click through to each school district's page for more information.

2021 Colorado School Board Elections
District	Primary	General Election	General Runoff Election	Regular term length	Seats up for election	Total board seats	'2016-17 enrollment’
Academy School District 20	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	25,591
Adams 12 Five Star Schools	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	2	5	38,818
Aurora Public Schools	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	4	7	41,797
Bennett School District	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	1,089
Cherry Creek School District	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	2	5	54,852
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	2	5	5,224
Colorado Springs School District 11	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	4	7	27,911
Denver Public Schools	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	4	7	91,138
Douglas County School District	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	4	7	67,470
Falcon School District 49	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	20,834
Harrison School District Two	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	11,746
Jeffco Public Schools	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	86,371
Manitou Springs School District 14	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	2	5	1,488
School District 27J	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4 or 2	3	7	17,138
St. Vrain Valley School District	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	7	32,171
Widefield School District 3	N/A	11/2/2021	N/A	4	3	5	9,634

Academic performance

See also: Public education in Colorado

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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming), students in Colorado earned the highest scores in every category.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Colorado	50%	42%	41%	40%
New Mexico	31%	23%	21%	22%
Utah	44%	36%	37%	39%
Wyoming	48%	38%	37%	38%
United States	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Colorado and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.

Colorado schools reported a graduation rate of 76.9 percent, second lowest among its neighboring states.

In Colorado, more students took the ACT than the SAT, earning an average ACT score of 20.4.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013
State	Graduation rate, 2013		Average ACT composite, 2013		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Colorado	76.9%	Fourth	20.4	100%	1,721	14%
New Mexico	70.3%	Fifth	19.9	70%	1,626	12%
Utah	83%	Third	20.7	100%	1,684	6%
Wyoming	77%	Fourth	19.8	100%	1,757	4%
United States	81.4%		20.9	54%	1498	50%
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express" ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores" The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Colorado was higher than the national average at 5.1 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 4.9 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

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