Frontier Elementary School

Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Frontier Elementary School is a close-knit primary school, run under Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. It teaches 262 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 379.

Across the 39 schools in Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an (25,607 students total), Frontier Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Frontier Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Frontier Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frontier Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that 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. Frontier Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Academy Endeavour Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frontier Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frontier Elementary School's enrollment has fell 41% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 262). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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