Enrollment
78
Elementary
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT RE-3·NCES 080312000276
Cotopaxi Elementary School
345 COUNTY ROAD 12, COTOPAXI, CO 81223 · (719) 942-4131 · Fremont County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL78 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C+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
10.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
50 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (11).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Cotopaxi Elementary School→Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Fremont Re-3. 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% . -10.9pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +15.7pp 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 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 13.3% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Cotopaxi Elementary School
Cotopaxi Elementary School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotopaxi Elementary School this school | 78 | 64.1% | 26.2% |
| Otis Elementary School OTIS | 90 | 56.7% | 24.3% |
| Idalia Elementary School IDALIA | 71 | 57.7% | 52.9% |
| North Fork Montessori @ Crawford CRAWFORD | 120 | 58.3% | 59.4% |
| Eads Elementary School EADS | 119 | 69.7% | 56.8% |
| Kit Carson Elementary School KIT CARSON | 54 | 66.7% | N/A |
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 Cotopaxi Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Fremont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 78 | #1,013 of 1,056 | #9 of 9 |
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
78
-15 (-16%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 78 | 7.8 | 10.0:1 | 64% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 7.3 | 10.9:1 | 74% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | 64% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 93 | 7 | 13.3:1 | 63% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 92 | 7.6 | 12.1:1 | 60% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 93 | 7 | 13.3:1 | 45% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 51% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 12 | 15.1:1 | 56% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 124 | 6 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cotopaxi Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (92 to 78); teachers up 3% (7.6 to 7.8).
About Cotopaxi Elementary School
Cotopaxi Elementary School, located in COTOPAXI, Colorado, is a small elementary school. The school had 78 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Fremont Re-3 includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 155 students.
Cotopaxi Elementary School's enrollment is 87% White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Fremont County is about 84% White. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligible students account for 64% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Fremont County is 55%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Cotopaxi Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.9% for Cotopaxi Elementary School. The school posts 26.2%, 1.6 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Fremont County this way: the median household income is $62,664, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Fremont County has 13 public schools and roughly 4,640 students.
Of nearby public schools, Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. On proficiency, Cotopaxi Elementary School is behind the 55.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
For locale, NCES codes Cotopaxi Elementary School as Rural: Remote.
2024-25 enrollment was 78, a 16% decrease from 93 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.0 students per teacher, compared with 13.3 in 2020-21.
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Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,634
Census ACS
Median income
$62,664
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,640 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School0.0 mi · 77
- Crest Academy19.0 mi · 60
- Salida Early Childhood Center19.4 mi · 74
- Salida Middle School19.5 mi · 327
- Salida High School19.5 mi · 409
- Horizons Exploratory Academy19.6 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Cotopaxi Elementary SchoolHow large is Cotopaxi Elementary School?
Cotopaxi Elementary School enrolls approximately 78 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cotopaxi Elementary School serve?
Cotopaxi Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cotopaxi Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Cotopaxi Elementary School.
How diverse is Cotopaxi Elementary School?
Cotopaxi Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Cotopaxi Elementary School public or private?
Cotopaxi Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fremont Re-3.
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