Buena Vista Elementary School

Located at 924 W PIKES PEAK AVE, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Buena Vista Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary campus that hosts 194 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Buena Vista Elementary School sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 60 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (22,293 students total), Buena Vista Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Buena Vista Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible 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), Buena Vista Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 49.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Buena Vista Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bristol Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buena Vista Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buena Vista Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Buena Vista Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 194). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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