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What advice would you give to incoming students at Columbine Elementary School?
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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-3 FORT MORGAN·NCES 080405000556
Columbine Elementary School
815 WEST STREET, FORT MORGAN, CO 80701 · (970) 867-7418 · Morgan County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
214 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (86) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Columbine Elementary School→Fort Morgan Middle School
Based on grade levels within School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 34.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Elementary School this school | 421 | 50.8% | 28.8% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School LOCHBUIE | 440 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Dillon Valley Elementary School DILLON | 395 | 51.1% | 35.9% |
| Valdez Elementary School DENVER | 423 | 49.9% | 62.6% |
| Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 439 | 46.2% | 48.9% |
| Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont DENVER | 344 | 48.8% | 34.1% |
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 Columbine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #603 of 931 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #589 of 940 ▼ 118 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #721 of 946 ▲ 32 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #390 of 1,056 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #595 of 896 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #417 of 896 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #466 of 983 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.2% | #22 of 200 | N/A |
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
421
+44 (+12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 421 | 25.7 | 16.4:1 | 51% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 24.5 | 16.2:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 26.5 | 14.8:1 | 56% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 47% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 18.4 | 16.0:1 | 71% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 75% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 72% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 69% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (294 to 421); teachers up 40% (18.4 to 25.7).
About Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in FORT MORGAN, Colorado, one of the schools in School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan. It reported 421 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 8 schools in School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan, with 3,451 students enrolled.
At Columbine Elementary School, 62% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 32% White and 3% Black. Census figures show Morgan County is about 38% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Columbine Elementary School, giving a ratio of 16.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is similar, at 16.6:1. A total of 214 students, or 51%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Columbine Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.9% at Columbine Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.8%.
Census data for Morgan County show median household income comes to about $73,278, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 19 public schools and about 6,039 students.
Innovative Connections High School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Columbine Elementary School is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 377 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 421 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Columbine Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,520
Census ACS
Median income
$73,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
Other schools in FORT MORGAN
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
Other Columbine Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Columbine Elementary. Columbine Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Columbine Elementary SchoolBOULDER, CO · 369 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 346 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolWOODLAND PARK, CO · 321 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 231 students
- Columbine ElementaryDelano, CA · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Innovative Connections High School0.2 mi · 40
- Lincoln High School0.6 mi · 43
- Baker Elementary School1.0 mi · 321
- Fort Morgan High School1.0 mi · 945
- Green Acres Elementary School1.1 mi · 320
- Sherman Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Columbine Elementary School?
Columbine Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades 01-05.
Is Columbine Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbine Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbine Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbine Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Columbine Elementary School?
Columbine Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 62% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Columbine Elementary School in?
Columbine Elementary School is part of School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.