Grant Elementary School

Grant Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, enrolls 350 students, covering grades K through 5.

Grant Elementary School is one of 60 schools operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, a district that caters to 22,293 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grant Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 40% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Grant Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at Grant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.5%.

In the broader community, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Grant Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Fremont Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 23.7%.

Grant Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grant Elementary School's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 350). Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Grant Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.