Please join me in celebrating the continued progress reflected in the preliminary 2025–26 state performance results. Every Summit RE-1 school earned the highest Performance Plan rating, and the district received an overall Accredited rating.

The district earned a preliminary one-year District Performance Framework score of 62.5%, up from 58.1% in 2025 and above the 56.0% benchmark for Accredited status.
 

The results show improvement across all three major areas measured by Colorado’s District Performance Framework. Academic Achievement increased from 50.9% to 52.3%, Academic Growth rose from 59.2% to 65.8%, and Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness increased from 63.5% to 68.3%.

Academic Growth showed the district’s strongest year-over-year gain, increasing 6.6 percentage points and moving from Approaching to Meets expectations district-wide. Elementary academic growth was particularly strong at 69.6%, providing an important area of momentum as the district works to strengthen student outcomes across all grade levels.

Achievement tells us where students are performing academically; growth tells us how much progress they are making over time. 

“Having every one of our schools earn a Performance Plan rating is something our community can celebrate,” said Superintendent Tony Byrd. “Just as importantly, the growth shows that students are making meaningful academic progress.”

Across Summit RE-1, every school earned a Performance Plan rating, meaning each school is meeting state expectations on the majority of performance metrics. School framework scores reflect multiple measures of student performance and should be considered alongside other academic data and each school’s unique student population and context.
 

Preliminary 2026 results show a 95.8% graduation rate, a 1.5% dropout rate and a 68.5% matriculation rate. Together with improvement in the district’s Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness score, these results demonstrate continued progress toward preparing students for college, careers and other opportunities after graduation.
 

Celebrating Progress While Addressing Opportunity Gaps
 

Having every one of our schools earn a Performance Plan rating is something our community can celebrate,” said Superintendent Byrd. “Just as importantly, the growth shows that students are making meaningful academic progress. “We are encouraged by the progress, but a higher framework score is not the finish line,” Byrd said. “The data show us what is working and where we need to accelerate our efforts so that progress reaches every student."

SSD educators will use the results alongside classroom data and other measures of student learning to guide improvement efforts, including targeted academic interventions, support for multilingual learners and students with disabilities, and strategies to strengthen achievement and growth at the secondary level.
 

Understanding Frameworks
 

Colorado’s School and District Performance Frameworks provide an annual snapshot using multiple measures of student outcomes. Performance Plan is the state’s highest school plan category and indicates a school is meeting expectations on the majority of performance metrics. An Accredited district is similarly meeting expectations on the majority of state measures. Because these preliminary results are one snapshot, we also look at classroom data and multi-year trends to understand progress and areas needing additional focus. 
 

Because preliminary single-year results represent one snapshot in time, Summit School District will continue looking at both annual and multi-year trends to understand where improvement is taking hold and where additional focus is needed.
 

No single score tells the whole story of a student, school or district. We use these results alongside classroom data, student learning measures and longer-term trends to understand our progress and determine where additional attention is needed.
 

“Our goal is not simply to earn a rating,” Byrd said. “It is to ensure every student is supported, challenged and prepared for what comes next. These results show encouraging momentum, and our responsibility now is to build on it while ensuring that every student benefits from that progress.”
 

Thank you to students for their hard work, educators and staff for their commitment, and to all the families and community partners for continuing to support Summit schools. 

 Dr. Tony Byrd
 Superintendent, SSD