Granada Elementary School

Located at 201 SOUTH HOISINGTON STREET, in GRANADA, Colorado, Granada Elementary School is a very small K-5 school that works with 118 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Granada School District No. Re-1. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Granada Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Granada School District No. Re-1, a district that teaches 210 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Granada Elementary School lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 25% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Granada Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Granada Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Prowers County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,508, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Prowers County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,153 students), of which Granada Elementary School is one.

Granada Undivided High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Granada Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

Granada Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Granada Elementary School has expanded 3%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 79% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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