Columbia Elementary School

Columbia Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. Current enrollment sits at 265 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 22,293 students; Columbia Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Columbia Elementary School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Columbia Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Columbia Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.2%; this one delivers 30.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Columbia Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbia Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbia Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.3%.

Columbia Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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