CMAS, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Met or Exceeded Expectations.English Language Arts
70.6%
State avg 44.9%
District avg 63.4%
County avg 63.1%
+2.5pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
67.2%
State avg 36.1%
District avg 54.8%
County avg 54.7%
+0.5pp since 2023-24
Science
71.6%
State avg 36.4%
District avg 54.2%
County avg 54.1%
+13.1pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 67 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 72 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45, 36, and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady and science scores are up about 13 points.
What is CMAS?
Colorado public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) in English Language Arts and Math each spring. Science CMAS is administered at grades 5, 8, and 11.
What does "% Met or Exceeded Expectations" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "Met Expectations" or "Exceeded Expectations" on the CMAS 5-level performance scale (Did Not Yet Meet, Partially Met, Approached, Met, Exceeded). Met and above is Colorado's grade-level benchmark. A higher number is better.
What does 70.6% mean for English Language Arts at Buffalo Ridge Elementary School?
It means about 70.6 percent of students tested at Buffalo Ridge Elementary School performed at grade level or above on the CMAS English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Colorado that year was 44.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Colorado, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Colorado Department of Education (CDE), Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS). School-level overall results published annually by CDE. Headline metric is the cumulative "Met or Exceeded Expectations" rate (top 2 of CMAS's 5-level performance scale).
How often is it updated?
CMAS is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
