Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 307 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080294001391
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School
5250 FARTHING DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80906 · (719) 576-3080 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
33 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School→Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School→Cheyenne Mountain High School
Based on grade levels within Cheyenne Mountain School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.8% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 67.4% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School this school | 324 | 10.2% | 69.0% |
| Saddle Ranch Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 355 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| Homestead Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 334 | 12.9% | 68.3% |
| Bear Canyon Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 368 | 12.8% | 71.8% |
| Summit View Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 350 | 10.0% | 67.7% |
| Copper Mesa Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 306 | 11.1% | 61.8% |
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 Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #61 of 931 | #2 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #36 of 940 ▲ 19 | #2 of 126 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #139 of 946 ▼ 51 | #12 of 127 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #630 of 1,056 | #76 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #419 of 896 | #72 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #575 of 896 | #102 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #947 of 983 | #133 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #566 of 664 | #87 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
324
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 324 | 21.3 | 15.2:1 | 10% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 20.4 | 16.0:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 20.4 | 15.8:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 20.3 | 16.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 17 | 19.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 15 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (341 to 324); teachers up 5% (20.3 to 21.3).
About Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School is a public elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 324 students.
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School is part of Cheyenne Mountain School District, where 9 schools serve 3,745 students.
Of every 100 students at Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School, about 73 are White. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among El Paso County residents, the White share is about 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School scores 44%.
Classroom staffing at Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School totals 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 10% of students (33) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in El Paso County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.5% at Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%.
For the population of El Paso County, median household income comes to about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County's 245 public schools enroll about 114,356 students and include Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Pinon Valley Elementary School, is the closest to Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Cheyenne Mountain School District
- Cheyenne Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,275 students
- Cheyenne Mountain Junior High SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Gold Camp Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Broadmoor Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Pinon Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Skyway Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 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
Nearby schools
- Pinon Valley Elementary School0.6 mi · 315
- Mountainside Elementary School1.2 mi · 346
- Otero Elementary School1.2 mi · 330
- Abrams Elementary School1.3 mi · 396
- Aspire Online Academy1.6 mi · 98
- Career Readiness Academy1.6 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Cheyenne Mountain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School?
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School serve?
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School have?
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School?
At Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School?
Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School is overseen by Cheyenne Mountain School District in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.