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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080738001266

Gateway Elementary School

100 PANTHER WAY, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863 · (719)686-2051 · Teller County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 379
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
93 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5024%
Kindergarten199%
Grade 12613%
Grade 22010%
Grade 32512%
Grade 42713%
Grade 5157%
Grade 62512%

This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (25).

Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
—73%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 49% · US 43%
Hispanic
—19%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 37% · US 30%
Black
—1%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Two+
—6%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
—0%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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.

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Gateway Elementary School→Woodland Park Middle School→Woodland Park High School
Based on grade levels within Woodland Park School District No. Re-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CMAS 2023-24 . % Met or Exceeded Expectations
English Language Arts
35.4%
CO avg 44.1%
Math
28.8%
CO avg 34.4%

What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 44 and 34.

Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →

Where Gateway Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Colorado
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.7%#467 of 931
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
28.8%#560 of 940
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.4%#573 of 946
Enrollment
ranked largest first
207#890 of 1,056
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#445 of 896
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
42.0%#636 of 896
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
44.9%#529 of 983
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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
207
-166 (-45%) vs 2017
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 18.8:1
% White
73%
was 80%
% Hispanic
19%
was 11%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-2420718.111.4:145% (93)
2022-232931915.4:135% (104)
2020-213052313.3:132% (97)
2017-1837319.818.8:137% (139)
2015-163442116.4:138% (131)
2010-114082615.7:132% (132)
2000-014702518.8:114% (68)
1990-915543018.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gateway Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 45% (373 to 207); teachers down 9% (19.8 to 18.1).

About Gateway Elementary School

Located in WOODLAND PARK, Colorado, Gateway Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 207 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 45% below average.

Woodland Park School District No. Re-2 is the district for Gateway Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 1,951 students.

About 73% of the student body at Gateway Elementary School is White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Teller County residents are about 86% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. About 45% of students at Gateway Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Teller County average a similar 42%.

Gateway Elementary School scores 37.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.5%.

In the surrounding county, Teller County, the median household earns about $85,361 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Gateway Elementary School, Teller County has 8 public schools.

Woodland Park High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Gateway Elementary School. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gateway Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.

Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.

Enrollment records show 373 in 2017-18 and 207 in 2023-24. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The percentage of Hispanic students increased from 11% to 19% between 2017-18 and 2023-24. There were fewer students per teacher in 2023-24 (11.4:1) than in 2017-18 (18.8:1).

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Teller County at a glance

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Population
24,825
Census ACS
Median income
$85,361
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,249 students

Quick facts

School name
Gateway Elementary School
District
Woodland Park School District No. Re-2
Address
100 PANTHER WAY, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863
Phone
(719)686-2051
County
Teller County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
207
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
93 (45%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
080738001266
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Woodland Park School District No. Re-2
Other schools in WOODLAND PARK
Other Gateway Elementary schools

9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Gateway Elementary. Gateway Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 10.

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Frequently asked questions

About Gateway Elementary School
How large is Gateway Elementary School?
Gateway Elementary School enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Gateway Elementary School serve?
Gateway Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gateway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gateway Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gateway Elementary School?
At Gateway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Gateway Elementary School in?
Gateway Elementary School is part of Woodland Park School District No. Re-2.
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