Abrams Elementary School

Abrams Elementary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in FORT CARSON, Colorado, overseen by Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, serveing 396 students in grades K through 5.

Abrams Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, a district that works with 7,955 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Abrams Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Abrams Elementary School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at Abrams Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Abrams Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 23.8%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Abrams Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mountainside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Abrams Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Abrams Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Abrams Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 396). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 33% across the same window.

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