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What's the biggest difference between Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-11J·NCES 080207006459
Alamosa Elementary School 3-5
1709 WEST 10TH STREET BUILDING B, ALAMOSA, CO 81101 · (719) 587-1600 · Alamosa County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
384 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Alamosa School District No. Re-11J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-672 (-59%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.8:1
% White
37%
was 28%
% Hispanic
55%
was 67%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On the community side, the feed for Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Alamosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,581
Census ACS
Median income
$55,397
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamosa School District No. Re-11J
- Alamosa High SchoolHigh · 568 students
- Ortega Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Alamosa Elementary School K-2Elementary · 437 students
- Alamosa Alternative Education SchoolHigh · 60 students
- Alamosa OnlineHigh · 29 students
Other schools in ALAMOSA
- Alamosa High SchoolHigh · 568 students
- Ortega Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Alamosa Elementary School K-2Elementary · 437 students
- Alamosa Alternative Education SchoolHigh · 60 students
- Alamosa OnlineHigh · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Alamosa Elementary School K-20.1 mi · 437
- Alamosa Alternative Education School0.8 mi · 60
- Alamosa Online0.8 mi · 29
- Ortega Middle School0.9 mi · 471
- Alamosa High School1.5 mi · 568
- North Conejos Alternative Program13.6 mi · 30
Frequently asked questions
About Alamosa Elementary School 3-5How many students attend Alamosa Elementary School 3-5?
Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 serve?
Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alamosa Elementary School 3-5?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 is approximately 14.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alamosa Elementary School 3-5?
Student demographics at Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 are roughly 37% White, 55% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 in?
Alamosa Elementary School 3-5 is part of Alamosa School District No. Re-11J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.