Chinook Trail Elementary School

Chinook Trail Elementary School is one of the substantial primary schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, with 632 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 67% larger than typical.

Across the 39 schools in Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an (25,607 students total), Chinook Trail Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Chinook Trail Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chinook Trail Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Chinook Trail Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chinook Trail Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Chinook Trail Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chinook Trail Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chinook Trail Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chinook Trail Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Chinook Trail Elementary School's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 1,008 (now 632). White enrollment moved from 73% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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