Fisher's Peak Elementary School

Fisher's Peak Elementary School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in TRINIDAD, Colorado, run under Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and, teacheing 393 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas and (769 students total), Fisher's Peak Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fisher's Peak Elementary School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Las Animas County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Fisher's Peak Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Las Animas County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fisher's Peak Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.1%, the actual is 29.1%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Las Animas County indicate median household income runs about $52,074, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fisher's Peak Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Las Animas County (combined enrollment of about 1,870 students).

The closest other public school is Trinidad High School, roughly 1.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fisher's Peak Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 75% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.