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Hanover Junior-Senior High School

17050 SOUTH PEYTON HIGHWAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80928 · (719) 683-2247 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Colorado public high schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public high schools

Enrollment
134
High
DISTRICT 132 · STATE 627
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
86 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 61410%
Grade 71511%
Grade 81612%
Grade 92720%
Grade 102519%
Grade 111612%
Grade 122116%
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
7959%
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 49% · US 43%
Hispanic
4634%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 37% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Two+
43%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
6549%
Female
6951%

School pathway

Feeds from
Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within Hanover School District 28. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Expectations
English Language Arts
22.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
CO avg 36.1%

What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023.

CMAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2522.9%8.8%
2023-2425.5%N/A
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Hanover Junior-Senior High School

Hanover Junior-Senior High School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hanover Junior-Senior High School this school13464.2%27.1%
Miami-Yoder Middle/High School
RUSH
18462.5%19.7%
La Veta Junior-Senior High School
LA VETA
11866.9%N/A
Sangre de Cristo Undivided High School
MOSCA
14663.7%47.8%
Sanford Junior/Senior High School
SANFORD
16657.2%38.9%
Grand Valley High School
PARACHUTE
29360.8%12.3%
Matched among Colorado high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Hanover Junior-Senior High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ColoradoIn El Paso County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
27.1%#135 of 231#17 of 28
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
8.8%#46 of 54#6 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.9%#43 of 57
▼ 2
#5 of 6
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
134#294 of 409#38 of 48
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
64.2%#101 of 320#8 of 37
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
134
-6 (-4%) vs 2020
+347% since 1990-91, when it was 30
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2513411.311.8:164% (86)
2023-241371211.4:166% (91)
2022-2315610.914.3:170% (109)
2020-21140817.5:168% (95)
2017-1813810.513.2:157% (79)
2015-161311111.9:176% (99)
2010-111301210.8:172% (94)
2000-01131816.4:134% (44)
1990-9130215.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanover Junior-Senior High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 3% (138 to 134); teachers up 8% (10.5 to 11.3).

About Hanover Junior-Senior High School

Students in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, attend Hanover Junior-Senior High School, a very small high school. There are 134 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 12. Across high schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 627.

Hanover School District 28 oversees Hanover Junior-Senior High School and 1 other school, with 264 students in total.

More than half of enrollment at Hanover Junior-Senior High School is White: 59%. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 11 points below the 70% share among El Paso County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanover Junior-Senior High School is 11.8:1, based on 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Colorado average 16.9:1. Lunch program data show 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 42%.

Hanover Junior-Senior High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Colorado public high schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.8% for Hanover Junior-Senior High School. The school posts 27.1%, within a point of the prediction.

In El Paso County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Hanover Junior-Senior High School, El Paso County has 245 public schools.

Hanover Junior-Senior High School's closest public school neighbor is Prairie Heights Elementary School, about 12.3 miles away. On proficiency, Hanover Junior-Senior High School is behind the 32.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.

The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).

The school shrank from 140 students in 2020-21 to 134 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.

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El Paso County at a glance

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Population
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students

Quick facts

School name
Hanover Junior-Senior High School
District
Hanover School District 28
Address
17050 SOUTH PEYTON HIGHWAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80928
Phone
(719) 683-2247
County
El Paso County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
134
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student–teacher ratio
11.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
86 (64%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
080450000661
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hanover Junior-Senior High School
How large is Hanover Junior-Senior High School?
Hanover Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Hanover Junior-Senior High School serve?
Hanover Junior-Senior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hanover Junior-Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanover Junior-Senior High School is approximately 11.8:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hanover Junior-Senior High School?
At Hanover Junior-Senior High School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Hanover Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Hanover Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover School District 28.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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