Giberson Elementary School

As an intimate elementary campus in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Giberson Elementary School works with 291 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Giberson Elementary School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an (11,938 students total), Giberson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Giberson Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 21% White, 18% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Giberson Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Giberson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Giberson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.8%, the actual is 10.6%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Across the wider county, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Giberson Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Turman Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Giberson Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Giberson Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Giberson Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 291). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 13% to 18%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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