Foothills Elementary School

Foothills Elementary School, a mid-tier primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, hosts 400 students, covering grades K through 5.

Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 25,607 students; Foothills Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Foothills Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Foothills Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothills Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Foothills Elementary School is one.

Eagleview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Foothills Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Foothills Elementary School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 400). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 65% to 74%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.