Estes Park K-5 School

Estes Park K-5 School, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in ESTES PARK, Colorado, part of Estes Park School District R-3, teaches 431 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Estes Park School District R-3 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 882 students. Estes Park K-5 School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Estes Park K-5 School reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Larimer County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Estes Park K-5 School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Estes Park K-5 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Larimer County put the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Estes Park K-5 School is one.

Estes Park Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Estes Park K-5 School. On composite proficiency, Estes Park K-5 School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Estes Park K-5 School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 431). White enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.