The town of Severance had a population of 600 in 2000 and has grown to around 13,000 in 2024. Severance is a great community founded on hard work and family values in a traditional farming and ranching community. Severance High School is an amazing school in the making and opened in 2019 with freshmen and sophomores. During the 4th quarter of the first school year, 2019-20, the COVID pandemic hit the United States, and all students moved to remote learning in Colorado. During the following two y…
ears, as SHS added junior and senior classes, a combination of remote, hybrid, and in-person learning challenged our newly opened school, and schools across Colorado and the US. SHS had its first graduating class in 2021-22. During the first four years of SHS? existence, and while trying to establish a foundation to build on, there were significant challenges at SHS and across public education, including the COVID pandemic, staff and administration turnover, and significant growth in student enrollment and the population of the surrounding community. Through all these challenges, SHS is building a solid foundation and a legacy that will last for generations. Severance High School has grown from 331 students in 2019-20 to 944 students in 2025-26. In addition to core content areas, Severance High School provides opportunities for students to take courses in STEM-related fields such as robotics, coding, and engineering; CTE pathways such as culinary arts, fashion and design, business and personal finance, heavy diesel automotive, welding, construction trades, and agricultural sciences; and multiple AP and concurrent enrollment courses. Students can participate in a variety of clubs/organizations such as the National Honor Society, DECA, Science Bowl, Speech and Debate, Leadership/STUCO, FCCLA, Key, FFA, and many others. Severance High School also offers opportunities for students to participate in many varsity athletic programs. The development of this plan was conducted by Waren Morrow (Principal), Janice Martinez (Assistant Principal), Anne Sutton (Learning Coach), and feedback from the entire SHS Staffulty and School Accountability Committee.
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Accredited with Improvement Plan - These districts are identified as lower performing. They may be meeting expectations on some performance metrics, but they are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on many.
Accredited with Priority Improvement Plan - These districts are identified as low performing. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these districts until they improve.
Accredited with Turnaround Plan - These districts are identified as among the lowest performing districts in the state. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these districts until they improve.
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School Ratings
Performance Plan - Schools with a Performance Plan are meeting expectations on the majority of performance metrics.
Improvement Plan - These schools are identified as lower performing. They may be meeting expectations on some performance metrics, but they are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on many.
Priority Improvement Plan - These schools are identified as low performing. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these schools until they improve.
Turnaround Plan - These schools are identified as among the lowest performing schools in the state. They are not meeting or are only approaching expectations on most performance metrics. The state will provide support and oversight to these schools until they improve.
Insufficient State Data - These schools are assigned this plan type when the state does not have enough data to report publicly. To better understand why a school received an Insufficient State Data rating, all publicly reportable data are reflected in the performance framework report. More information about these ratings is available here.