Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192001387
Frontier Elementary School
3755 MEADOW RIDGE DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 · (719) 234-4600 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- C+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
10.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
126 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
49.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
30.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 27.3% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Frontier Elementary School
Frontier Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Elementary School this school | 262 | 48.1% | 36.3% |
| Belmar School of Integrated Arts LAKEWOOD | 293 | 48.8% | 30.0% |
| Beattie Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 302 | 50.3% | 51.5% |
| Falcon Elementary School of Technology FALCON | 318 | 47.5% | 35.9% |
| Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education LITTLETON | 334 | 44.6% | 33.0% |
| Florida Mesa Elementary School DURANGO | 293 | 52.6% | 31.6% |
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 Frontier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #486 of 931 | #71 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #532 of 940 ▲ 22 | #76 of 126 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #387 of 946 ▲ 59 | #51 of 127 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #804 of 1,056 | #111 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #20 of 896 | #5 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #192 of 896 | #69 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #499 of 983 | #63 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.4% | #26 of 664 | #5 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
262
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 262 | 24 | 10.9:1 | 48% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 45% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 24.1 | 10.3:1 | 35% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 26 | 10.5:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 32.3 | 13.8:1 | 29% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 29% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 32 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (447 to 262); teachers down 26% (32.3 to 24).
About Frontier Elementary School
Frontier Elementary School is an elementary school located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, in El Paso County. It educates 262 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% smaller than the 379 average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Academy District 20 counts 25,607 students in its 39 schools, and Frontier Elementary School is one of them.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at Frontier Elementary School combined. Other students are 29% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 70% White. Frontier Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.9:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Frontier Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Frontier Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (36.3%) and its predicted rate (37.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
Among El Paso County residents, median household income is about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 245 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 114,356.
Academy Endeavour Elementary School is located about 0.5 miles from Frontier Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Frontier Elementary School is behind the 48.8% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Frontier Elementary School as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 262, 4% below the 273 of 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 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 Frontier Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Frontier Elementary. Frontier Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 12.
- Frontier Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 846 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 809 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOXAHATCHEE, FL · 688 students
- Frontier ElementaryHanford, CA · 619 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Academy Endeavour Elementary School0.5 mi · 347
- New Summit Charter Academy0.6 mi · 628
- Rampart High School0.9 mi · 1,305
- Explorer Elementary School1.0 mi · 470
- Pioneer Elementary School1.1 mi · 382
- Academy International Elementary School1.2 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Frontier Elementary School?
Frontier Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Frontier Elementary School serve?
Frontier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frontier Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frontier Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frontier Elementary School?
At Frontier Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Frontier Elementary School?
Frontier Elementary School is overseen by Academy District 20 in El Paso County.
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