Edith Wolford Elementary School

Edith Wolford Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary-level community in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, educates 372 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, which oversees 39 schools and 25,607 students, Edith Wolford Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Edith Wolford Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edith Wolford Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Edith Wolford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Encompass Heights Elementary School, around 4.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edith Wolford Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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