Student Trends

Student Trends:

22-23 Per pupil spending by district

PK-12 Special Student Population Trends

English Language Learners, Free Lunch and Reduced Lunch, Gifted and Talented, Students receiving Special Education services, Homeless

SPECIAL POPULATION ENROLLMENT AND FUNDING TRENDS

CSFP Student Enrollment (2022-23)

CSFP Student Enrollment (2021-22)

- Emergent bilingual students (English language learners, according to CDE)

- Gifted and Talented Students

- Free-, Reduced-, and Free & Reduced-Lunch students

- Special Education students

CSFP Student Enrollment (2020-21)

- Emergent bilingual students (English language learners, according to CDE)

- Gifted and Talented students

- Free-, Reduced-, and Free & Reduced-Lunch students

- Special Education students

CSFP Student Count and Funding Charts (2019-20 data)

- Emergent bilingual students (English language learners, according to CDE)

- Gifted and Talented

- Students Experiencing Homelessness

CSFP Student Count and Funding Charts (2018-19 data)

- Students Learning English

- Free Lunch and Reduced Lunch Trends

- GT Students Served and Program Funding

- Students receiving Special Education services

- Homeless Student Count

Articles:

Denver Post: Colorado has a high number of homeless families with kids, December 18, 2018

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, December 2018

Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness (November 2017):

Chapin Hall - research center at University of Chicago

Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness - full report

NPR: New study finds that 4.2M kids experience homelessness each year

Dana Scott (CDE) worked with Jennifer Brown from the Denver Post on an article illustrating the impacts of homelessness on students’ lives, including their education. The article also provides information on the McKinney-Vento Act and the educational rights of homeless students.

GRADUATION TRENDS

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report, using U.S. Census data, indicates Colorado's 4-year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) for 2016-17 is below the U.S. average in all categories.  The CSFP created a chart illustrating the graduation gaps between Colorado and the U.S. average.

DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IMPACTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Demographic Trends Affecting Public Schools presentation by Cindy DeGroen, State Demography Office - Everything is connected - population to jobs to education to housing to education to population. November 2017

From the Colorado State Demography Office: Demographic Trends: Understanding the Impact of a Changing Population on Colorado, Rural Consortitum, June 2011.