Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624006396
Elk Creek Elementary
804 WEST MAIN STREET, NEW CASTLE, CO 81647 · (970) 665-6900 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
125 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.8pp 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 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 18.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elk Creek Elementary
Elk Creek Elementary's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Creek Elementary this school | 272 | 46.0% | 23.2% |
| Kathryn Senor Elementary School NEW CASTLE | 275 | 44.7% | 35.9% |
| Carbon Valley Academy FREDERICK | 245 | 49.8% | 26.6% |
| Upper Blue Elementary School BRECKENRIDGE | 221 | 47.1% | 55.3% |
| The Studio School NORTHGLENN | 215 | 47.4% | 33.0% |
| Lake County Elementary School LEADVILLE | 248 | 48.0% | N/A |
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 Elk Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #711 of 931 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #644 of 940 ▲ 79 | #8 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #697 of 946 ▲ 53 | #9 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #786 of 1,056 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #239 of 896 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #364 of 896 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #519 of 983 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #106 of 200 | #3 of 8 |
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
272
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 284
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 272 | 19.3 | 14.1:1 | 46% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 19.3 | 13.8:1 | 36% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 19.5 | 12.6:1 | 36% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 46% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 48% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 54% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 48% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (249 to 272); teachers up 48% (13 to 19.3).
About Elk Creek Elementary
Federal records list Elk Creek Elementary as an elementary school in NEW CASTLE, Colorado. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 272 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Elk Creek Elementary is in Garfield School District No. Re-2, a district with 4,695 students across 10 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Elk Creek Elementary, at 50%. Other groups make up 47% White and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Garfield County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1 at Elk Creek Elementary, with 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 46%.
The allk12 Grade for Elk Creek Elementary is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Colorado with Elk Creek Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 38.9%. Elk Creek Elementary scores 23.2%.
Garfield County census figures show that the median household income is $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 29 public schools in Garfield County, enrolling about 10,790 students in all.
Kathryn Senor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Elk Creek Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Elk Creek Elementary is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Elk Creek Elementary had 246 students, to 2024-25, when it had 272.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other schools in NEW CASTLE
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Kathryn Senor Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
Other Elk Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Elk Creek Elementary. Elk Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Elk Creek Elementary SchoolPINE, CO · 323 students
- Elk Creek ElementaryElk Creek, CA · 34 students
Nearby schools
- Kathryn Senor Elementary School0.8 mi · 275
- Riverside School0.9 mi · 483
- Coal Ridge High School4.0 mi · 578
- Cactus Valley Elementary School6.6 mi · 462
- Two Rivers Community School9.3 mi · 390
- Glenwood Springs Middle School9.7 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Creek ElementaryHow large is Elk Creek Elementary?
Elk Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
Is Elk Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elk Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Elk Creek Elementary have?
Elk Creek Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Elk Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Elk Creek Elementary are roughly 47% White, 50% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Elk Creek Elementary?
Elk Creek Elementary is overseen by Garfield School District No. Re-2 in Garfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.