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Holly School District RE-3

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 2 towns

Serves Holly and Hartman.

Holly’s Schools page →

Students
276
Schools
1
Spent per student
$16,798
CO $15,889
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
64%
Debt
$1.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Holly School District RE-3

  • Its letter, D: results better than 7% of Colorado districts
  • Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 7 pts above the state
  • Spends 6% more per student than the CO average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1.5M, about $5,482 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 7% of the 169 Colorado school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Holly. Grade by grade →

PK–12Holly SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. CO

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency10–14%
State average 31.8% · 138 students tested
Reading / language arts20–24%
State average 44.9% · 138 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–100%
State average 82.7% · 25 in the class · small group: the state reports a range

92% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$16,798 per student · 6% above CO
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 41%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 34%State 58%Federal 8%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
278’20
275’21
273’22
267’23
276’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 52%White 46%Asian 1%Black <1%Two or more races <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Colorado’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Colorado.