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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306001435
Chipeta Elementary School
2340 RAMSGATE TERRACE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80919 · (719) 328-5500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A+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
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
110 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
51%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
75.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 66.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Chipeta Elementary School
Chipeta Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipeta Elementary School this school | 395 | 27.8% | 70.9% |
| Pioneer Elementary School PARKER | 449 | 27.6% | 55.5% |
| University Park Elementary School DENVER | 413 | 28.6% | 65.7% |
| Bamford Elementary School LOVELAND | 310 | 27.7% | 55.3% |
| Arrowwood Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 390 | 22.3% | 50.4% |
| Iron Horse Elementary School PARKER | 430 | 22.8% | 55.7% |
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 Chipeta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #50 of 931 | #1 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #26 of 940 ▲ 40 | #1 of 126 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #43 of 946 ▲ 16 | #1 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #436 of 1,056 | #49 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #198 of 896 | #40 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #409 of 896 | #94 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #728 of 983 | #102 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #322 of 664 | #58 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
395
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 395 | 28.7 | 13.8:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 28.4 | 16.4:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 26.4 | 16.0:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 25.9 | 18.6:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 6% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chipeta Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (481 to 395); teachers up 11% (25.9 to 28.7).
About Chipeta Elementary School
Chipeta Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Colorado Springs School District 11 in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. There are 395 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Colorado Springs School District 11 serves 22,293 students across 60 schools.
The student body at Chipeta Elementary School is 67% White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Among El Paso County residents, the White share is about 70%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
There are 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chipeta Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.8:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. By family income, 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in El Paso County averages 42%, higher than here.
Chipeta Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Chipeta Elementary School is in the top 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.8%. The school's actual rate is 70.9%, 21.1 points higher.
In El Paso County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Chipeta Elementary School, El Paso County has 245 public schools.
Spark Online Academy, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chipeta Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 421 students in 2020-21 to 395 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
The Chipeta Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 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 Chipeta Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Chipeta Elementary. Chipeta Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Chipeta Elementary SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Spark Online Academy0.9 mi · 140
- Trailblazer Elementary School0.9 mi · 211
- Eagleview Middle School1.5 mi · 905
- Jackson Elementary School2.0 mi · 312
- Foothills Elementary School2.2 mi · 400
- Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs2.3 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Chipeta Elementary SchoolHow large is Chipeta Elementary School?
Chipeta Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chipeta Elementary School serve?
Chipeta Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Chipeta Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Chipeta Elementary School.
How diverse is Chipeta Elementary School?
Chipeta Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Chipeta Elementary School?
Chipeta Elementary School is overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.