Crowley County Elementary K-6

Located at 1001 MAIN ST, in ORDWAY, Colorado, Crowley County Elementary K-6 is an intimate elementary school that educates 156 students (grades K through 6), run under Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J, which oversees 3 schools and 330 students, Crowley County Elementary K-6 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crowley County Elementary K-6 logs that White students make up the majority at 55%; the rest looks like 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Crowley County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. 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, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Crowley County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crowley County Elementary K-6 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.4%, the actual is 23.6%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Crowley County shows median household income runs about $48,826, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Crowley County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 330 students), Crowley County Elementary K-6 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Crowley County Virtual Education Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Crowley County Elementary K-6. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crowley County Elementary K-6 at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Crowley County Elementary K-6's enrollment has ticked down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 156). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 73% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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