Stories from the Report to the Community: 18 District 6 schools ranked at performance

When the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) 2024-2025 state results were released in September 2025, it was revealed that 18 schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6 have reached the performance level, according to rankings released by the Colorado Department of Education.

 "We are seeing some of the greatest achievement and growth we have ever seen in District 6 in our CMAS results," said Board of Education President Natalie Mash. "We have 18 of our schools on performance. This is the most District 6 has ever had at this level." 

The District Performance Frameworks and School Performance Frameworks assign overall ratings to school districts and schools throughout the state of Colorado based on achievement and growth on state assessments, as well as postsecondary measures such as graduation rates, drop-out rates, college entrance exams, and college matriculation rates. The ratings go from the lowest of "turnaround" to the highest of "performance" for schools, and from "turnaround" to "distinction" for school districts.

Here are some of the highlights of this year's results:

• S. Christa McAuliffe STEM Academy outperformed the state on English language arts results at every grade level.
• Dos Rios Elementary School, Monfort Elementary School, and Heath Middle School all jumped from priority improvement to performance. 
• All District 6 traditional middle schools are at the performance level. 
• Nine District 6 schools experienced growth in math scores that exceeded the state average. 

"We are very excited about these results and want to give a huge shoutout to our staff and our students," Dr. Pilch said. "Ten years ago, we had three schools on turnaround and eight on priority improvement. We are moving in the right direction."

District 6 still has five schools on priority improvement. Dr. Pilch said the district will be providing extra support to those schools as they work to improve their performance ratings. 

"We know that we still have more work to do. We do still have a few schools on priority improvement and improvement, and we know we need to move those schools to the performance level," Dr. Pilch said. "We are committed to doing that work."

To get more information about the Performance Frameworks, visit the CDE Performance Frameworks.