Green Acres Elementary School

Set in FORT MORGAN, Colorado, Green Acres Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community, overseen by School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan. It teaches 320 students across grades 1 through 5.

Within School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan, which oversees 8 schools and 3,451 students, Green Acres Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Green Acres Elementary School logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 38% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Green Acres Elementary School logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Green Acres Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Morgan County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,278, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Morgan County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,039 students), of which Green Acres Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Fort Morgan High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Green Acres Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 21.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025.

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