Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT RE-1·NCES 080279001433
Canon Exploratory School
2855 NORTH 9TH STREET, CANON CITY, CO 81212 · (719) 276-6050 · Fremont County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
168 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 114% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Canon Exploratory School→Canon City High School
Based on grade levels within Fremont Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 37.0% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Canon Exploratory School
Canon Exploratory School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Exploratory School this school | 316 | 53.2% | 42.3% |
| Penrose Elementary School PENROSE | 281 | 52.0% | 23.5% |
| Rye Elementary School RYE | 319 | 53.3% | 41.2% |
| Hotchkiss Elementary School HOTCHKISS | 297 | 49.2% | 37.7% |
| Akron Elementary School AKRON | 301 | 53.5% | 28.4% |
| Cache La Poudre Elementary School LAPORTE | 281 | 49.8% | 39.1% |
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 Canon Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Fremont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #402 of 931 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #454 of 940 ▼ 24 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #408 of 946 ▲ 1 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #662 of 1,056 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #443 of 896 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #737 of 896 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #442 of 983 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #490 of 664 | 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
316
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 316 | 20.5 | 15.4:1 | 53% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 20.8 | 15.0:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 21.2 | 15.8:1 | 52% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 46% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 20.7 | 16.8:1 | 51% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 54% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 74% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 50% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 17 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canon Exploratory School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (348 to 316); teachers down 1% (20.7 to 20.5).
About Canon Exploratory School
Canon Exploratory School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Fremont Re-1, located in CANON CITY, Colorado. Enrollment totals 316 students across kindergarten through 8.
Enrollment across the 8 schools in Fremont Re-1 totals 3,191 students.
More than half of the students at Canon Exploratory School are White (78%). The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Canon Exploratory School scores 37%.
With 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 53% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Fremont County is similar, at 55%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Canon Exploratory School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.5% for Canon Exploratory School. The school posts 42.3%, 7.8 points above the prediction.
Census data for Fremont County show median household income comes to about $62,664, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 13 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,640, Canon Exploratory School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Canon City High School, is about 1.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Canon Exploratory School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Canon Exploratory School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 323 to 316.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,634
Census ACS
Median income
$62,664
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont Re-1
- Canon City High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Harrison SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Canon City Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Lincoln School of Science and TechnologyElementary · 254 students
Other schools in CANON CITY
- Canon City High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Harrison SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Canon City Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Lincoln School of Science and TechnologyElementary · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Canon City High School1.2 mi · 936
- Washington Elementary School1.4 mi · 319
- Canon City Middle School1.6 mi · 382
- Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School1.8 mi · 250
- Harrison School1.8 mi · 472
- Lincoln School of Science and Technology2.4 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Canon Exploratory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Canon Exploratory School?
Canon Exploratory School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Canon Exploratory School serve?
Canon Exploratory School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canon Exploratory School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canon Exploratory School is approximately 15.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canon Exploratory School?
At Canon Exploratory School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Canon Exploratory School?
Canon Exploratory School is overseen by Fremont Re-1 in Fremont County.
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