Coperni 3

Coperni 3 is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by State Charter School Institute, hosting 367 students in grades K through 8.

Within State Charter School Institute, which oversees 49 schools and 21,411 students, Coperni 3 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Coperni 3 lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 29% White, 11% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Coperni 3 has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coperni 3 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.3%; this one delivers 31.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Coperni 3 is one.

Twain Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coperni 3 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Coperni 3 is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.