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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001458
French Elementary School
5225 ALTURAS DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 · (719) 391-3495 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- B-Beats 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
17.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
238 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
51.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 31.9% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 French Elementary School
French Elementary School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Elementary School this school | 491 | 48.5% | 38.8% |
| Sunrise Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 506 | 49.6% | 30.3% |
| Webster Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 582 | 47.9% | 37.9% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 498 | 46.0% | 52.4% |
| McAuliffe Elementary COLORADO SPRINGS | 448 | 45.3% | 24.0% |
| James Irwin Elementary School - Astrozon COLORADO SPRINGS | 522 | 51.5% | 46.3% |
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 French Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #449 of 931 | #65 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #511 of 940 ▼ 12 | #71 of 126 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #349 of 946 ▲ 119 | #41 of 127 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #257 of 1,056 | #35 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #759 of 896 | #109 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #53 of 896 | #10 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #494 of 983 | #61 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #426 of 664 | #66 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
491
-99 (-17%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 491 | 27.5 | 17.9:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 53% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 29.2 | 18.4:1 | 30% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 46% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 53% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 28 | 21.8:1 | 56% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 41% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 16% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for French Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (564 to 491); teachers down 14% (32 to 27.5).
About French Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, French Elementary School is part of Widefield School District 3. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 491 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Widefield School District 3 includes 18 schools. Together they enroll 9,290 students.
White students make up 38% of enrollment at French Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 37% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 10% Black. In El Paso County overall, about 70% of residents are White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at French Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, French Elementary School has a ratio of 17.9:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 48%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, French Elementary School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with French Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 37.3%. French Elementary School scores 38.8%, 1.5 points above that line.
The school is in El Paso County, where median household income comes to about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. El Paso County counts 245 public schools with about 114,356 students.
Among nearby public schools, The Haven School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of French Elementary School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, French Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around French Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 590 students in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for French Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 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 French Elementary schools
One other US public school is named French Elementary. French Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- French Elementary SchoolKLEIN, TX · 786 students
Nearby schools
- The Haven School0.7 mi · 240
- Discovery High School1.0 mi · 83
- Widefield High School1.1 mi · 1,193
- Widefield District 3 Preschool1.1 mi · 379
- Widefield Elementary School of the Arts1.1 mi · 369
- Sproul Junior High School1.1 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About French Elementary SchoolHow large is French Elementary School?
French Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does French Elementary School serve?
French Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at French Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at French Elementary School.
How diverse is French Elementary School?
French Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees French Elementary School?
French Elementary School is overseen by Widefield School District 3 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.