The reason it excels on state tests is because of its student population. It has 12-19% free and reduced lunch versus the district's 65%. And because the minority population is 48% versus the district's 79% (for example, the school is about 27% hispanic versus 57% for DPS overall). 

But don't tell DPS because then they'll cry inequity and immediately ruin the school--like they did for the magnet Morey middle school and ultimately will do to Polaris. If a child excels and isn't from a family with free and reduced lunch, then they try to balance the scales by restricting the educational opportunities of those students so that there is not a growing disparity between high performing students and low performing students. The district is forcefully attempting to limit the growth of high achievers to make it look like the growth of low achievers is higher. It is a fact and why they are focused on "equity". And it is detrimental to those students who actually love to learn. Shameful.