Deer Trail Elementary School

Located at 130 2ND AVENUE, in DEER TRAIL, Colorado, Deer Trail Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school that caters to 174 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Deer Trail School District No. 26J. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 379.

Deer Trail Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Deer Trail School District No. 26J, a district that enrolls 327 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deer Trail Elementary School reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Deer Trail Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deer Trail Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.1%; this one comes in at 19.1%, -17.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Arapahoe County reports that median household income runs about $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Deer Trail Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Deer Trail Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 57% since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 174). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 68% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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