Enrollment
119
Elementary
DISTRICT 70 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIOWA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080351000458
Eads Elementary School
900 MAINE STREET, EADS, CO 81036 · (719) 438-2216 · Kiowa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
83 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Kiowa County School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
119
+22 (+23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 13.6:1
% White
85%
was 82%
% Hispanic
14%
was 13%
% Black
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Eads Elementary School
Eads Elementary School, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in EADS, Colorado, overseen by Kiowa County School District No. Re-1, serves 119 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Eads Elementary School sits 69% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Kiowa County School District No. Re-1 (211 students total), Eads Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Eads Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic. Compared to Kiowa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Eads Elementary School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Eads Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Eads Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Eads Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 56.8%, a residual of +32.4 points.
Around the school, census data for Kiowa County shows median household income runs about $58,618, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kiowa County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 243 students), of which Eads Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Eads Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eads Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eads Elementary School has climbed 23%, going from 97 students in 2018 to 119 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.
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Kiowa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,376
Census ACS
Median income
$58,618
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kiowa County School District No. Re-1
- Eads High SchoolHigh · 48 students
- Eads Middle SchoolMiddle · 44 students
Other schools in EADS
- Eads High SchoolHigh · 48 students
- Eads Middle SchoolMiddle · 44 students
Nearby schools
- Eads Middle School0.0 mi · 44
- Eads High School0.1 mi · 48
- Kit Carson Elementary School19.6 mi · 54
- Kit Carson Junior-Senior High School19.6 mi · 55
- Wiley Elementary School22.8 mi · 155
- Wiley Junior-Senior High School22.8 mi · 115
Frequently asked questions
About Eads Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eads Elementary School?
Eads Elementary School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Eads Elementary School serve?
Eads Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Eads Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Eads Elementary School.
How diverse is Eads Elementary School?
Eads Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Eads Elementary School?
Eads Elementary School is overseen by Kiowa County School District No. Re-1 in Kiowa County.
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