Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000226
Carver Elementary School
4740 ARTISTIC CIRCLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917 · (719) 328-7100 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
161 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 | 47 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
66%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
11.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
9.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 12.2% | 11.6% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Carver Elementary School
Carver Elementary School's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary School this school | 205 | 78.5% | 11.7% |
| Queen Palmer Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 198 | 77.3% | 36.0% |
| Rogers Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 267 | 77.9% | 15.6% |
| Oak Creek Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 235 | 74.9% | 32.8% |
| Twain Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 291 | 81.4% | 17.5% |
| Edison Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 214 | 77.6% | 23.3% |
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 Carver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #906 of 931 | #127 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #891 of 940 ▼ 38 | #125 of 126 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #916 of 946 ▼ 9 | #126 of 127 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #891 of 1,056 | #121 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #52 of 896 | #12 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #92 of 896 | #31 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #169 of 983 | #10 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #49 of 664 | #12 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
205
-32 (-14%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 205 | 17.4 | 11.8:1 | 79% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 16.7 | 12.5:1 | 85% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 15.5 | 13.5:1 | 85% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 19 | 12.5:1 | 78% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 22.2 | 14.6:1 | 81% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 83% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 76% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 36% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 36 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (324 to 205); teachers down 22% (22.2 to 17.4).
About Carver Elementary School
Carver Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Colorado Springs School District 11, located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It teaches 205 students in kindergarten through 5. That is 46% below the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Carver Elementary School is one school in Colorado Springs School District 11, a system of 60 schools with 22,293 students.
The biggest share of students at Carver Elementary School, 45%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 35% White, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Hispanic among all El Paso County residents. The diversity index for Carver Elementary School is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carver Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. A total of 161 students, or 79%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 37 points lower.
Carver Elementary School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carver Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 11.7% actual against 19.1% predicted.
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, Carver Elementary School among them.
Doherty High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Carver Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 11.7% against a local average of 29.2%.
Carver Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 237 to 205, a 14% decline.
Carver 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 Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary School is the 23rd largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
- Carver ElementarySan Marino, CA · 777 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 711 students
Nearby schools
- Doherty High School0.5 mi · 1,715
- Sabin Middle School0.6 mi · 540
- Penrose Elementary School0.8 mi · 279
- Rudy Elementary School0.9 mi · 385
- Russell Middle School1.3 mi · 520
- Grant Elementary School1.4 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Carver Elementary SchoolHow large is Carver Elementary School?
Carver Elementary School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carver Elementary School serve?
Carver Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Carver Elementary School have?
Carver Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Carver Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carver Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 45% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary School public or private?
Carver Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11.
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