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What's the most underrated thing about Evans Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT 49·NCES 080387000504
Evans Elementary School
1675 WINNEBAGO ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915 · (719) 495-5299 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
297 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
44.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +17.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 24.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Evans Elementary School
Evans Elementary School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Elementary School this school | 487 | 61.0% | 34.6% |
| Odyssey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 378 | 62.2% | 34.7% |
| Widefield Elementary School of the Arts COLORADO SPRINGS | 369 | 53.9% | 47.5% |
| Ellicott Elementary School ELLICOTT | 520 | 57.5% | 29.1% |
| Grant Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 350 | 65.7% | 30.5% |
| Rudy Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 385 | 53.8% | 48.6% |
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 Evans Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #509 of 931 | #77 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #383 of 940 ▲ 228 | #50 of 126 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #438 of 946 ▲ 187 | #60 of 127 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #264 of 1,056 | #37 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #158 of 896 | #32 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #63 of 896 | #17 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #363 of 983 | #43 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #153 of 664 | #35 of 100 |
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
487
-82 (-14%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 487 | 36.3 | 13.4:1 | 61% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 66% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 32.6 | 16.0:1 | 60% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 46% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 42.4 | 15.8:1 | 59% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 48% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 44% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 29% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 25 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evans Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (670 to 487); teachers down 14% (42.4 to 36.3).
About Evans Elementary School
Evans Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It has an enrollment of 487 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 28% bigger than that mark.
A total of 31 schools make up El Paso County Colorado School District 49, with 25,689 students enrolled.
The student body at Evans Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 7% Black. The school's White share is 28 points below the 70% share among El Paso County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
With 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Roughly 61% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 42%.
Evans Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Evans Elementary School is 4.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.6% actual, 29.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Census data for El Paso County show the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in El Paso County number 245, with about 114,356 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Horizon Middle School, is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Evans Elementary School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 14% over 4 years, reaching 487 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.7:1 to 13.4:1 over the same years.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- Falcon High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyElementary · 1,162 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Evans Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Evans Elementary. Evans Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOVIEDO, FL · 788 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 730 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolLimerick, PA · 546 students
- Evans ElementaryMemphis, TN · 485 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolBONHAM, TX · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon Middle School0.7 mi · 773
- James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive0.9 mi · 132
- McAuliffe Elementary1.2 mi · 448
- Mountain View Academy1.3 mi · 387
- Colorado Military Academy1.3 mi · 618
- Pikes Peak Early College1.4 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Evans Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Evans Elementary School?
Evans Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
Is Evans Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evans Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Evans Elementary School have?
Evans Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Evans Elementary School?
Student demographics at Evans Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Evans Elementary School public or private?
Evans Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Paso County Colorado School District 49.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.