Canon Elementary School

Canon Elementary School is an one-room-style K-5 school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E. The school hosts 140 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Canon Elementary School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,745 students. Canon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Canon Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Canon Elementary School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Canon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 136 students in 2018 compared to 140 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 64% across the same window.

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