Enrollment
222
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000222
Audubon Elementary School
2400 EAST VAN BUREN STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909 · (719) 328-2600 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
159 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 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 83% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
64%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
39.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 35.2% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Audubon Elementary School
Audubon Elementary School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon Elementary School this school | 222 | 71.6% | 32.8% |
| Welchester Elementary School GOLDEN | 293 | 72.4% | 31.3% |
| Venetucci Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
| Columbia Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 265 | 66.8% | 30.4% |
| Madison Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 265 | 73.2% | 29.2% |
| Penrose Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 279 | 63.8% | 19.4% |
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 Audubon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #535 of 931 | #84 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #391 of 940 ▲ 61 | #51 of 126 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #512 of 946 ▲ 92 | #76 of 127 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 222 | #869 of 1,056 | #117 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #67 of 896 | #15 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #128 of 896 | #52 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #253 of 983 | #28 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.4% | #19 of 664 | #4 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
222
-60 (-21%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 222 | 18.2 | 12.2:1 | 72% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 18.1 | 15.0:1 | 70% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 16.9 | 17.5:1 | 66% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 59% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 22.9 | 17.2:1 | 64% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 67% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 24% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 22 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audubon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (392 to 222); teachers down 20% (22.9 to 18.2).
About Audubon Elementary School
In COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Audubon Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 222 students enrolled. That is 41% below the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Colorado Springs School District 11 counts 22,293 students in its 60 schools, and Audubon Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Audubon Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 46%. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Audubon Elementary School has 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 72% at Audubon Elementary School. The 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 30 points lower.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Audubon Elementary School outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.3%.
In El Paso County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 114,356, Audubon Elementary School among them.
Audubon Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Odyssey Early College and Career Options, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Audubon Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Audubon Elementary School at 3rd of 4.
The NCES locale for Audubon Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 282 to 222, a 21% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
Audubon Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Audubon Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Audubon Elementary. Audubon Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 10.
- Audubon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 606 students
- Audubon Elementary SchoolMAGNOLIA, TX · 509 students
- Audubon Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 495 students
- Audubon ElementaryFoster City, CA · 445 students
- AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERRITT ISLAND, FL · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Odyssey Early College and Career Options0.4 mi · 287
- Achieve Online0.4 mi · 342
- The Bijou School0.4 mi · 134
- Colorado Springs Charter Academy0.7 mi · 295
- James Irwin Elementary School - Howard0.7 mi · 213
- James Irwin Charter Academy0.7 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Audubon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Audubon Elementary School?
Audubon Elementary School enrolls approximately 222 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Audubon Elementary School serve?
Audubon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Audubon Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Audubon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Audubon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Audubon Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 36% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Audubon Elementary School in?
Audubon Elementary School is part of Colorado Springs School District 11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.