Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-3 FORT MORGAN·NCES 080405006698
Baker Elementary School
300 LAKE STREET, FORT MORGAN, CO 80701 · (970) 370-6113 · Morgan County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- 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
13.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
225 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (57) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Baker Elementary School→Fort Morgan Middle School
Based on grade levels within School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 22.5% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Baker Elementary School
Baker Elementary School's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Elementary School this school | 321 | 70.1% | 19.0% |
| Irish Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 365 | 71.2% | 30.9% |
| Welby Community School of the Arts DENVER | 308 | 72.7% | 27.1% |
| Leo William Butler Elementary School FORT LUPTON | 355 | 66.5% | 26.3% |
| Haaff Elementary School PUEBLO | 284 | 70.4% | 48.2% |
| Highland Park Elementary School PUEBLO | 276 | 75.4% | 14.3% |
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 Baker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #783 of 931 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #790 of 940 ▼ 133 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #795 of 946 ▲ 35 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #642 of 1,056 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #185 of 896 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #639 of 896 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.1% | #266 of 983 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #137 of 200 | N/A |
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
321
+33 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 321 | 23.5 | 13.7:1 | 70% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 21.5 | 14.2:1 | 69% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 18.3 | 16.1:1 | 69% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 63% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 19.3 | 15.8:1 | 78% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (305 to 321); teachers up 22% (19.3 to 23.5).
About Baker Elementary School
Located in FORT MORGAN, Colorado, Baker Elementary School is a small elementary school. In all, 321 students attend the school in grades 1 through 5.
School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan oversees Baker Elementary School and 7 other schools, with 3,451 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Baker Elementary School is 73%, a majority. The school is also 23% White and 2% Black. That is higher than the 38% Hispanic share among all Morgan County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Baker Elementary School, which has 23.5. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 70%. That is higher than the 56% average for public schools in Morgan County.
Baker Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Baker Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 19.0% actual against 24.2% predicted.
In Morgan County, home to about 29,520 people, median household income comes to about $73,278, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morgan County's 19 public schools enroll about 6,039 students and include Baker Elementary School.
The closest school to Baker Elementary School is Sherman Early Childhood Center, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Baker Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Baker Elementary School the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 11%, from 288 to 321. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 13.7:1.
The allk12 page for Baker Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,520
Census ACS
Median income
$73,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
Other schools in FORT MORGAN
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
Other Baker Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Baker Elementary. Baker Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Baker Elementary SchoolAcworth, GA · 738 students
- Baker ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 601 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 471 students
- BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 407 students
- Baker ElementarySan Diego, CA · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Sherman Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 409
- Pioneer Elementary School0.6 mi · 243
- Green Acres Elementary School0.6 mi · 320
- Lincoln High School0.7 mi · 43
- Fort Morgan High School0.8 mi · 945
- Innovative Connections High School0.9 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Baker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baker Elementary School?
Baker Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Baker Elementary School serve?
Baker Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baker Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baker Elementary School?
At Baker Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 73% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Baker Elementary School public or private?
Baker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.