Evans Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Evans Elementary School hosts 487 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of El Paso County Colorado School District 49. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

El Paso County Colorado School District 49 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 25,689 students; Evans Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Evans Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 32% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Evans Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 34.6%.

Zooming out to the county, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Evans Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Horizon Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evans Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Evans Elementary School's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 487). Over the same period, the White share declined from 46% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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