The state released its 2026 test results on Aug. 19. Adjusted for who each school teaches, the two schools at the extremes of D38 are not the ones the raw table names.
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A Quiet Downgrade: How D38 Lost Its “Distinction”
In 2025 Lewis-Palmer D38 was the only one of its high-performing neighbors to lose Colorado’s top rating. Not opt-outs, not apartments — a slow slide in student growth, and what a decade of data and the national research say actually explains it.
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Blame the Buildings? What D38’s Test Scores Actually Show
Critics blame new apartments for D38’s test scores. The data shows scores are flat, far above Colorado, and the district’s lowest scores are its own charter.