Enrollment
187
Elementary
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER RIO GRANDE SCHOOL DISTRICT C-7·NCES 080330000289
Del Norte Elementary School
950 FRENCH STREET, DEL NORTE, CO 81132 · (719) 657-4030 · Rio Grande County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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
9.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
106 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Del Norte Elementary School→Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High School
Based on grade levels within Upper Rio Grande School District C-7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 21.1% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Del Norte Elementary School
Del Norte Elementary School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte Elementary School this school | 187 | 56.7% | 24.1% |
| Truscott Elementary School LOVELAND | 194 | 50.5% | 14.9% |
| Sedalia Elementary School SEDALIA | 212 | 58.5% | 32.8% |
| Wiley Elementary School WILEY | 155 | 59.4% | 48.1% |
| Sanborn Elementary School LONGMONT | 209 | 62.7% | 37.5% |
| Deer Trail Elementary School DEER TRAIL | 174 | 50.6% | 19.1% |
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 Del Norte Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #697 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #768 of 940 ▼ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #695 of 946 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 187 | #909 of 1,056 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #406 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #75 of 664 |
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
187
-23 (-11%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 140
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 187 | 20.8 | 9.0:1 | 57% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 20 | 9.2:1 | 61% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 54% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 45% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 15.9 | 17.6:1 | 62% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 10 | 12.3:1 | 61% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 62% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 12 | 16.4:1 | 57% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 140 | 10 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Norte Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (280 to 187); teachers up 31% (15.9 to 20.8).
About Del Norte Elementary School
Del Norte Elementary School is a public elementary school in DEL NORTE, Colorado. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 187 students in 2024-25. The school is 51% below the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 has a total of 2 schools and 360 students, Del Norte Elementary School among them.
The student body at Del Norte Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. The next largest groups are 47% Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 2% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points below the 73% share among Rio Grande County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
On staff are 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Del Norte Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 57%.
Del Norte Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.4% at Del Norte Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.1%.
The school is in Rio Grande County, where median household income comes to about $64,411, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rio Grande County's 11 public schools enroll about 1,628 students and include Del Norte Elementary School.
Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High School is the nearest public school to Del Norte Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. On proficiency, Del Norte Elementary School is behind the 31.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 210 in 2020-21 to 187 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.7:1 in 2020-21 to 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Rio Grande County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,321
Census ACS
Median income
$64,411
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7
- Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other Del Norte Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Del Norte Elementary. Del Norte Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYROSWELL, NM · 518 students
- Del Norte ElementaryOntario, CA · 428 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYGALLUP, NM · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High School0.0 mi · 173
- Monte Vista Senior High School12.2 mi · 272
- Monte Vista On-Line Academy12.3 mi · 43
- Byron Syring Delta Center12.3 mi · 51
- Bill Metz Elementary School12.5 mi · 253
- Sargent Elementary School12.8 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Del Norte Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Del Norte Elementary School?
Del Norte Elementary School enrolls approximately 187 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Del Norte Elementary School serve?
Del Norte Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Del Norte Elementary School have?
Del Norte Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Del Norte Elementary School?
Student demographics at Del Norte Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 47% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Del Norte Elementary School public or private?
Del Norte Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper Rio Grande School District C-7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.