Elizabeth High School

Elizabeth High School operates as an average-sized high school in ELIZABETH, Colorado, one of the schools within ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 668 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,282 students; Elizabeth High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Elizabeth High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Elizabeth High School records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Elbert County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elizabeth High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Elbert County put median household earnings sit near $132,685, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Elizabeth High School is one of 17 public schools in Elbert County (combined enrollment of about 3,265 students).

Elizabeth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elizabeth High School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Elizabeth High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 668). Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 80%.

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