Elbert Elementary School

Elbert Elementary School, a rural-scale elementary school in ELBERT, Colorado, operated by Elbert School District No. 200, teaches 141 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Elbert School District No. 200 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 277 students; Elbert Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Elbert Elementary School lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Elbert County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Elbert Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elbert Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.4%; this one delivers 50.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Elbert County shows the typical household earns roughly $132,685 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Elbert County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,265 students), Elbert Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Elbert Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elbert Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.9%.

Elbert Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Elbert Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 60% since 2018, when it stood at 88 (now 141). Over the same period, the White share fell from 93% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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