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B−
Schools in Stratmoor · Harrison School District 2, Widefield School District 3

Stratmoor’s public schools outscore 50% of Colorado districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Stratmoor, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Math proficiency in Stratmoor’s districts is 25%, below the Colorado average (32%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Colorado, not nationally.

#115of 159 Colorado townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Colorado state tests taken in spring 2022, when 94% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
41%
▼ 4 pts vs CO 45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
▼ 7 pts vs CO 32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
▼ 1 pts vs CO 83%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.9K
▼ 6% vs CO $15.9K
FY2024 · Harrison School District 2
Students per teacher
15.4
CO 16.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
16,153 students on the public path
In brief

Stratmoor’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 41% of tested students were proficient in reading and 25% in math, against 45% and 32% statewide; 94% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

82% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 83% across Colorado. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

Harrison School District 2 spends $14,928 per student and Widefield School District 3 $13,550, against $15,889 across Colorado (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Choice beyond the district

Aspire Online Academy, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Stratmoor’s grade

B Test scoresC Graduation

B−: better than 50% of Colorado school districts, #115 of 159 Colorado towns. Both inputs trail the Colorado average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Colorado school districts we grade (169)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (136)Better than 46%
C+BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 10,862 test results and a graduating class of 774 could put Stratmoor anywhere from C+ to B. The tests are from spring 2022, when 94% of Stratmoor’s students in the tested grades sat them (10,880 in math, 10,844 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Stratmoor, with each school’s own grade.

22 schools teach K in Stratmoor’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to B+, so check the specific school.
Grand Mountain School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
C+
1,044 students19:1Rate it →
Soaring Eagles Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
B
764 students18:1Rate it →
Sand Creek International School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Colorado Springs
C
595 students15:1Rate it →
Mountain Vista Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
C+
590 students13:1Rate it →
Webster Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
582 students18:1Rate it →
Sunrise Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
506 students17:1Rate it →
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B+
498 students16:1Rate it →
French Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
491 students18:1Rate it →
Carmel Community School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Colorado Springs
C−
490 students12:1Rate it →
Widefield Elementary School of the Arts
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
369 students14:1Rate it →
Wildflower Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C−
346 students15:1Rate it →
Centennial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
340 students14:1Rate it →
Otero Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C
330 students11:1Rate it →
Talbott STEAM Innovation School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
324 students14:1Rate it →
Pinello Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C
301 students14:1Rate it →
Giberson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
291 students13:1Rate it →
Stratton Meadows Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
290 students11:1Rate it →
Monterey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
272 students15:1Rate it →
Venetucci Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
272 students13:1Rate it →
Bricker Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
269 students13:1Rate it →
Oak Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
B
235 students12:1Rate it →
Turman Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
185 students11:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–522 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to B+
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Stratmoor runs its own schools through grade 12 (Harrison School District 2). From grade PK, students attend the Widefield School District 3, shared with Fountain. Its elementary school is in Colorado Springs. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Stratmoor

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Harrison School District 2Grades PK–12 · 28 schools · 11,938 students, up 16% since 2020–21 · 14.7 per teacher (CO 16.3)
$14,928CO $15,889 · FY2024
B
Widefield School District 3Grades PK–12 · 18 schools · 9,290 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 16.4 per teacher (CO 16.3)
$13,550CO $15,889 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Harrison School District 241%
State average 44.9% · 6368 students tested
Math · PK–12, Harrison School District 226%
State average 31.8% · 6396 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Widefield School District 341%
State average 44.9% · 4476 students tested
Math · PK–12, Widefield School District 323%
State average 31.8% · 4484 students tested

Stratmoor vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Colorado towns that share Stratmoor’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
StratmoorB−Harrison School District 2 PK–12 · Widefield School District 3 PK–12
Colorado SpringsCColorado Springs School District 11
FountainB−Fountain School District 8 PK–12 · Widefield School District 3 PK–12

Every school in Stratmoor

33 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Colorado’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Stratmoorin other towns
Grand Mountain School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
C+
1,044 students19:1Rate it →
Soaring Eagles Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
B
764 students18:1Rate it →
Mountain Vista Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Colorado Springs
C+
590 students13:1Rate it →
Wildflower Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C−
346 students15:1Rate it →
Centennial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
340 students14:1Rate it →
Otero Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C
330 students11:1Rate it →
Giberson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
291 students13:1Rate it →
Stratton Meadows Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
290 students11:1Rate it →
Monterey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
272 students15:1Rate it →
Bricker Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
D
269 students13:1Rate it →
Oak Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
B
235 students12:1Rate it →
Turman Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
185 students11:1Rate it →
Sand Creek International School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Colorado Springs
C
595 students15:1Rate it →
Webster Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
582 students18:1Rate it →
Sunrise Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
506 students17:1Rate it →
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B+
498 students16:1Rate it →
French Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
491 students18:1Rate it →
Carmel Community School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Colorado Springs
C−
490 students12:1Rate it →
Widefield Elementary School of the Arts
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
369 students14:1Rate it →
Talbott STEAM Innovation School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
B−
324 students14:1Rate it →
Pinello Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C
301 students14:1Rate it →
Venetucci Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Colorado Springs
C+
272 students13:1Rate it →
Janitell Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fountain
C
658 students15:1Rate it →
Sproul Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Colorado Springs
C+
504 students14:1Rate it →
Watson Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Colorado Springs
C
470 students13:1Rate it →
Fox Meadow Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Colorado Springs
C
369 students13:1Rate it →
Panorama Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Colorado Springs
D
339 students12:1Rate it →
Mesa Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colorado Springs
B−
1,304 students19:1Rate it →
Widefield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colorado Springs
B−
1,193 students17:1Rate it →
Harrison High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colorado Springs
C+
1,089 students18:1Rate it →
Sierra High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colorado Springs
C+
843 students17:1Rate it →
Other district programsby referral or application
Career Readiness Academy
High · Grades 5–12 · Colorado Springs
C
Alternative Education
69 students9:1Rate it →
Online schools based in Stratmoornot counted as local schools
Aspire Online Academy
Grades K–12 · Colorado Springs
Online
98 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Stratmoor’s schools

Are Stratmoor’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Colorado: the public schools Stratmoor children attend outscore 50% of Colorado’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade, #115 of 159 Colorado towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 46%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Stratmoor in?

Two districts: Harrison School District 2 runs grades PK–12, and Widefield School District 3 runs grades PK–12, shared with Fountain.

Where do Stratmoor kids go to high school?

One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Mesa Ridge High School, Widefield High School, Harrison High School and Sierra High School.

What is Stratmoor’s graduation rate?

82% of the class of 2023 in Harrison School District 2 graduated in four years, against 83% across Colorado.

How much does Stratmoor spend per student?

$14,928 in Harrison School District 2 and $13,550 in Widefield School District 3 (FY2024), against $15,889 across Colorado. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Colorado. Stars are from neighbors.