Antelope Trails Elementary School

Antelope Trails Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. Current enrollment sits at 311 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Antelope Trails Elementary School is one of 39 schools operated by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, a district that instructs 25,607 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Antelope Trails Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Antelope Trails Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.8%, the actual is 59.7%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Antelope Trails Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Bear Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Antelope Trails Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 68%.

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