Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000239
Adams Elementary School
2101 MANITOBA DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910 · (719) 328-2900 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
265 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
16.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.7% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 12.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School's state test result (14.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary School this school | 299 | 88.6% | 14.1% |
| Centennial Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 340 | 87.6% | 17.4% |
| Twain Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 291 | 81.4% | 17.5% |
| Monterey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
| Stratton Meadows Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 290 | 83.8% | 15.7% |
| Rogers Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 267 | 77.9% | 15.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #877 of 931 | #123 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #818 of 940 ▲ 14 | #117 of 126 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #870 of 946 ▲ 21 | #120 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #720 of 1,056 | #91 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #90 of 896 | #18 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #90 of 896 | #30 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #51 of 983 | #1 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #60 of 664 | #16 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
299
-102 (-25%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 299 | 23.8 | 12.6:1 | 89% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 16.8 | 20.4:1 | 87% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 24.8 | 13.3:1 | 83% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 84% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 25.6 | 18.0:1 | 88% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 90% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 66% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (460 to 299); teachers down 7% (25.6 to 23.8).
About Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 299 students. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
District-wide, Colorado Springs School District 11 has 60 schools and 22,293 students.
No group is above 50% at Adams Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 50%. It is also 24% White, 13% Black, and 12% multiracial. El Paso County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 31 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Classroom staffing at Adams Elementary School totals 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Federal data show 89% of students (265) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in El Paso County report 42%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Adams Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Adams Elementary School are 1.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (14.1% actual, 13.0% predicted).
The county, El Paso County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,363, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 245 public schools and about 114,356 students.
Measured in a straight line, Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs is about 0.3 miles from Adams Elementary School. The five-mile area around Adams Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Adams Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Adams Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 102 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.3 to 12.6 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Adams Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colorado Springs School District 11
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 975 students
- Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Mitchell High SchoolHigh · 757 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 41.
- Adams Elementary SchoolWESTMINSTER, CO · 310 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams ElementaryCary, NC · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs0.3 mi · 104
- Mountain Vista Community School0.7 mi · 590
- Rogers Elementary School0.9 mi · 267
- Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind1.4 mi · 167
- Monroe Elementary School1.4 mi · 321
- Carmel Community School1.5 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Adams Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Adams Elementary School serve?
Adams Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Adams Elementary School have?
Adams Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Adams Elementary School?
At Adams Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 50% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Adams Elementary School in?
Adams Elementary School is part of Colorado Springs School District 11.
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