Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453006810
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School
1602 S. MURRAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80916 · (719) 358-7196 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C+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
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
250 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (57).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
13.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
13.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 2023-24 | 11.8% | 16.7% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Atlas Preparatory Elementary School
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Preparatory Elementary School this school | 286 | 87.4% | 13.7% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 315 | 88.9% | 9.4% |
| North Star Elementary School DENVER | 320 | 86.3% | 13.9% |
| Barnum Elementary School DENVER | 334 | 88.6% | 14.7% |
| Munroe Elementary School DENVER | 332 | 88.9% | 7.8% |
| Beach Court Elementary School DENVER | 275 | 89.5% | 22.4% |
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 Atlas Preparatory Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #882 of 931 | #125 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #844 of 940 ▼ 74 | #119 of 126 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #908 of 946 ▲ 4 | #125 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #751 of 1,056 | #99 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #348 of 896 | #61 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #865 of 896 | #122 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #67 of 983 | #4 of 134 |
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
286
+162 (+131%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 286 | 19.3 | 14.8:1 | 87% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 15.9 | 17.7:1 | 93% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 18.2 | 14.7:1 | 94% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | 8 | 15.5:1 | 95% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atlas Preparatory Elementary School.
About Atlas Preparatory Elementary School
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, is home to Atlas Preparatory Elementary School, a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 286 students, spread over kindergarten through 4. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Harrison School District Two (28 schools, 11,938 students) runs Atlas Preparatory Elementary School.
The share of students at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School who are Hispanic is 87%. Other students are 7% White and 4% Black. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 19% Hispanic. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Atlas Preparatory Elementary School outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.7% and a predicted 13.7%.
The school is in El Paso County, where the median household earns about $90,363 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Atlas Preparatory Elementary School shares El Paso County with 244 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Atlas Preparatory High School, is the closest to Atlas Preparatory Elementary School. Atlas Preparatory Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Atlas Preparatory Elementary School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Atlas Preparatory Elementary School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Federal counts for Atlas Preparatory Elementary School: 124 students in 2020-21, 286 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Soaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 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
Nearby schools
- Atlas Preparatory High School0.1 mi · 499
- Atlas Preparatory Middle School0.2 mi · 473
- Sierra High School0.6 mi · 843
- Centennial Elementary School0.6 mi · 340
- Carmel Community School0.7 mi · 490
- Panorama Middle School0.8 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Atlas Preparatory Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School?
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Atlas Preparatory Elementary School serve?
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Atlas Preparatory Elementary School.
How diverse is Atlas Preparatory Elementary School?
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Atlas Preparatory Elementary School?
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School is overseen by Harrison School District Two in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.