Commonly Requested Data Available on CDE's Website

Accountability Data

View the School Quality and Support Division webpage​

• Online Framework Reports and Unified Improvement Plans - District and School Performance Frameworks are used to determine performance ratings under the state accountability system. The Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) documents the strategies that districts and schools implement as part of the continuous improvement cycle. Users can see high level reports and then can dig into accountability data more deeply.
  • Purpose: Access historical performance framework data (including PDF reports), UIPs, and district accreditation contracts to better understand accountability outcomes.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every December
• School and District Dashboards - The dashboard allows users to interact with graphs and tables showing longitudinal demographic information along with performance data and ratings generated under the state accountability system.
  • Purpose: Offers five-year school and district data trends to inform improvement planning.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every August, December, and March
• State Accountability Data Explorer - This tool provides access to graphs and tables showing performance outcome measures calculated at the state, district, and school levels. Data tables can be exported to spreadsheets, and graphs can be downloaded in PDF format or as image files. District users may access a secure version of this tool that displays data even in cases where there are not enough records to meet the minimum n-count thresholds for public reporting. 
  • Purpose: Compare across schools and districts in the current year and download longitudinal performance framework data.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every August
• Performance Snapshot - The Performance Snapshot provides an overview of key elements from the most recent District and School Performance Framework Reports and Unified Improvement Plans. This report is primarily designed for users with existing knowledge of the performance frameworks and improvement planning process but provides a significant amount of explanatory information.
  • Purpose: A single-year snapshot of performance framework and UIP data.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every December
• UIP Elements Dashboard - The Statewide UIP Elements Dashboard can be used to identify trends in Student Performance Priorities, Root Causes, and Improvement Strategies statewide and within districts. The dashboard displays UIP elements data for schools and districts that self-selected from predefined categories (available in the Category Guidance).
  • Purpose: Access state, district, and schoolwide UIP data trends.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every October and January
• State Accountability Data Files - Go here to access a repository of files containing performance framework information for all schools and districts in the state. Files include spreadsheets with current and historical performance framework results.
  • Purpose: Download XLSX files with performance framework data.
  • Release/Refresh Timeline: Every August, September, and December

Assessment Data (Grades 3 – 12)

View the Assessment Division webpage

• CMAS – English Language Arts, Spanish Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies results
• CoAlt – English Language Arts and Math results. Data is reported at the state level only due to privacy restrictions
• CoAlt – Science and Social Studies results. Data is reported at the state level only due to privacy restrictions
• PSAT results
• SAT results

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Charter School Data

View the Charter School Data webpage

The page above includes links to the annual State of Charter Schools in Colorado reports and other published reports.

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Colorado Education Statistics

View the Colorado Education Statistics webpage

• Attendance data
• Discipline data
• Dropout data
• Graduation and Completion data
• Mobility and stability data
• Non-public school pupil membership
• Pupil membership (i.e. pupil counts)
  • Includes data broken out by sub-group, including gender, race/ethnicity, Free and Reduced Lunch eligibility, and instructional program (e.g., English Language Learner status, Gifted and Talented status, Special Education status, etc.)
• School and district staff data
  • Includes average salary data, turnover rates, teacher counts, and student/teacher ratio

*Please note that for the pages listed above, additional years of data may be posted on a separate page which can be accessed from the right-hand navigation menu

• A list of all Colorado Schools (XLSX)
• A list of all Colorado School Districts (XLSX)
• School district maps

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Educator Data

• Public Educator Search – You can use this tool to download a roster of educators by credential type or look up credential information by name or credential number.
• Educator Research and Impact Data
  • Colorado Education Workforce GIS Maps - The GIS maps have been created to simultaneously present several education datasets (including school and district staff employment, shortage areas, turnover, working conditions, grant funding, performance indicators and P-12 student demographics) and economic data (including unemployment rates and median local income). Visually presenting these datasets by district and school via Colorado "heat maps" provides a strong picture of the complexity of and variation in educator workforce issues.
  • Educator Effectiveness Metrics
  • Educator Preparation Programs Report including educator preparation pipeline data and connecting teacher outcomes to their Colorado preparation program
  • Educator Shortage Survey results
• Also see school and district staff data listed in the Colorado Education Statistics section above
• For data requests that include counts of credentialed teachers, please refer to the CDE teacher credential categories to list which categories you want included in the request.

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Elementary Literacy and School Readiness Data

View the Elementary Literacy and School Readiness webpage

• CAP4K/Kindergarten School Readiness legislative report
• Literacy Curriculum Transparency Dashboard - This dashboard provides state, district, school, and grade level literacy instructional programming information related to the Colorado READ Act.
• READ Act Dashboard - An interactive data tool to explore READ Act assessment results.
• READ Act legislative reports

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Facilities Data from the Capital Construction Unit

View the Facility Insight Programs webpage

• Facilities Insight Dashboard - This tool provides an overview of facility condition and adequacy data collected during on-site facility condition assessments.

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Federal Programs Data

View the Federal Programs Data webpage

• The page above includes federally mandated reports as well as reporting, such as program evaluations, on various federal programs.
  • ESSA State Report
  • ESSA School and District Reports
  • Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) submitted to the U.S. Department of Education pertaining to various programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
  • Program Evaluations
  • Schools identified for support and improvement under the Every Student Succeeds Act
  • List of Title I Schools in the State

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School Finance Data

• Financial Transparency - You can use this tool to explore revenue and expenditure information for each school, district, and BOCES throughout Colorado.
• School District Revenues and Expenditures – These annual reports have revenues and expenditures data for school districts, charter school collaborative, and Boards of Cooperative Services (BOCES).

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School Nutrition Data

View the School Nutrition Data webpage

The page above includes links to frequently requested data related to school nutrition programs, meal counting and claiming data, and School Food Authorities (SFAs) and Sponsor information.

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Special Education Data

View the Special Education Data webpage

• The page above includes Special Education data provided at the state level as well as some data at the Administrative Unit level. All counts of 16 or less have been suppressed to protect student privacy.
  • Administrative Unit State Performance Plan Indicator Profile
• Preschool special education outcomes (OSEP Indicator B7)
  • Local report of summary statement data
  • Administrative Unit State Performance Plan Indicator Profiles

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