Alamosa Elementary School 3-5

Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in ALAMOSA, Colorado, operated by Alamosa School District No. Re-11J, educateing 473 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Alamosa School District No. Re-11J, which oversees 6 schools and 2,038 students, Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 17.5%; actual is 31.2%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alamosa County) logs that median household income runs about $55,397, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Alamosa County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,294 students), of which Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 is one.

Alamosa Elementary School K-2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Alamosa Elementary School 3-5's enrollment has shrank 59% since 2018, when it stood at 1,145 (now 473). Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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