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How has Chappelow K-8 Magnet School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOL DISTRICT 6·NCES 080441000637
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School
2001 34TH STREET, EVANS, CO 80620 · (970) 348-1200 · Weld County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
19.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
466 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (84).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
34.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 25.3% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Chappelow K-8 Magnet School
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappelow K-8 Magnet School this school | 693 | 67.2% | 32.4% |
| Winograd K-8 Elementary School GREELEY | 691 | 65.6% | 26.6% |
| Heiman Elementary School EVANS | 602 | 71.9% | 19.3% |
| Twombly Elementary School FORT LUPTON | 473 | 65.1% | 21.3% |
| Goodnight Elementary School PUEBLO | 534 | 65.2% | 37.5% |
| Southeast Elementary School BRIGHTON | 527 | 73.8% | 18.8% |
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 Chappelow K-8 Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #542 of 931 | #28 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #660 of 940 ▼ 62 | #34 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #587 of 946 ▼ 95 | #31 of 55 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #67 of 1,056 | #9 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #848 of 896 | #48 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #624 of 896 | #44 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #289 of 983 | #15 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #172 of 200 | #16 of 17 |
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
693
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
+95% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 693 | 36.1 | 19.2:1 | 67% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 69% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 61% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 48% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 35.8 | 18.9:1 | 43% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 47% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 46% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 43% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chappelow K-8 Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (676 to 693); teachers up 1% (35.8 to 36.1).
About Chappelow K-8 Magnet School
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Colorado, located in EVANS. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 693 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 83% higher.
Greeley-Evans School District 6 operates 34 schools. Combined enrollment is 22,917 students.
More than half of enrollment at Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is Hispanic: 71%. Next come 27% White. The county population is about 31% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chappelow K-8 Magnet School scores 43%.
There are about 19.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Chappelow K-8 Magnet School, which has 36.1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is about 67%. The 47% average for public schools in Weld County is 20 points lower.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Chappelow K-8 Magnet School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
In Colorado, Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.4% actual against a predicted 25.9%.
The school's county is Weld County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Weld County's 116 public schools enroll about 61,274 students and include Chappelow K-8 Magnet School.
Dos Rios Elementary School is the nearest public school to Chappelow K-8 Magnet School, about 0.2 miles away. Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Chappelow K-8 Magnet School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
In 2020-21, Chappelow K-8 Magnet School enrolled 647 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 693. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.0:1 to 19.2:1.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Other schools in EVANS
- Heiman Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Prairie Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- Dos Rios Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Union Colony Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Dos Rios Elementary School0.2 mi · 499
- Centennial Elementary School0.4 mi · 481
- Union Colony Elementary School0.9 mi · 342
- Frontier Charter Academy0.9 mi · 1,432
- Jackson Elementary School1.0 mi · 508
- Brentwood Middle School1.1 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Chappelow K-8 Magnet SchoolHow large is Chappelow K-8 Magnet School?
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Chappelow K-8 Magnet School serve?
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Chappelow K-8 Magnet School?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Chappelow K-8 Magnet School.
How diverse is Chappelow K-8 Magnet School?
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School reports a student body of 27% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Chappelow K-8 Magnet School public or private?
Chappelow K-8 Magnet School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greeley-Evans School District 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.