Ninth Grade On-Track Statistics

The ninth-grade year is important for students’ long term academic success. Research has shown that students who have a better transition to high school, pass their courses and are on-track at the end of their ninth-grade year are more likely to graduate.

The Ninth Grade Success Grant and Ninth Grade course reporting requirements in Colorado are built on this research with the intention to support ninth grade students’ high school outcomes and success.

Reporting Requirements

The new reporting is authorized by 2024 legislation (HB 24-1282) that changed the Ninth Grade Success grant and required CDE to report on ninth grade outcomes including:

• The number and percentage of ninth grade students at the school, district, and state level who:
  • Have not earned at least four credits
  • Have failed one or more core credits
• Disaggregation of this data for student groups (gender, race/ethnicity, multilingual learners, and students with an IEP)

Data Collection

CDE is using the Teacher Student Data Link (TSDL) collection for this reporting and has made updates for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 collections to improve accuracy of this data.

Release schedule

CDE released state and district data in Spring 2026 and will begin with an annual release of data that includes school and district data starting in Winter 2027.

2024-2025 Ninth Grade On-Track Statewide Data Summary (PDF)

2024-2025 Data (XLS) Coming Soon