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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUNNISON WATERSHED SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1J·NCES 080447001968
Gunnison Elementary School
1099 NORTH 11TH, GUNNISON, CO 81230 · (970) 641-7710 · Gunnison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 58.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
254 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 62% · US 70%
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.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 36.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
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 →
Schools most like Gunnison Elementary School
Gunnison Elementary School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison Elementary School this school | 560 | 45.4% | 37.6% |
| Eaton Elementary School EATON | 484 | 42.8% | 49.0% |
| Strasburg Elementary School STRASBURG | 544 | 39.2% | 34.5% |
| Little Raven Elementary School LITTLETON | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Skyview Elementary School WINDSOR | 440 | 43.0% | 42.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gunnison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #469 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #430 of 940 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #595 of 946 ▼ 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #152 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #146 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #457 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #523 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #169 of 200 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
560
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 560 | 42.2 | 13.3:1 | 45% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 41.5 | 12.8:1 | 47% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 42.7 | 12.2:1 | 33% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 34% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 40.3 | 13.5:1 | 39% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 44% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 33% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gunnison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (545 to 560); teachers up 5% (40.3 to 42.2).
About Gunnison Elementary School
Gunnison Elementary School is an elementary school located in GUNNISON, Colorado, in Gunnison County. It has an enrollment of 560 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 48% larger than average.
Gunnison Elementary School sits within Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J, which has 7 schools and 2,095 students.
The largest group at Gunnison Elementary School is White students, at 64%. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 87% of Gunnison County residents are White. The diversity index for Gunnison Elementary School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Gunnison Elementary School, there are about 13.3 students; the school has 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 254 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 45% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gunnison County is 33%.
On the allk12 Grade, Gunnison Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gunnison Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 37.6% actual against 39.2% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Gunnison County, the median household earns about $84,527 a year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Gunnison Elementary School, Gunnison County has 7 public schools.
Gunnison Middle School is the nearest public school to Gunnison Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Gunnison Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gunnison Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Gunnison Elementary School enrolled 518 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 560. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.3:1.
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Gunnison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,241
Census ACS
Median income
$84,527
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,095 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J
- Gunnison High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Crested Butte Secondary SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Gunnison Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
- Crested Butte Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Lake PreschoolElementary · 74 students
- Marble Charter SchoolCombined · 34 students
Other schools in GUNNISON
- Gunnison High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Gunnison Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
- Lake PreschoolElementary · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Gunnison Middle School0.0 mi · 314
- Lake Preschool0.3 mi · 74
- Gunnison High School0.4 mi · 410
- Crested Butte Secondary School21.6 mi · 400
- Crested Butte Elementary School21.6 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Gunnison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gunnison Elementary School?
Gunnison Elementary School enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gunnison Elementary School serve?
Gunnison Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Gunnison Elementary School have?
Gunnison Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Gunnison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gunnison Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 31% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Gunnison Elementary School public or private?
Gunnison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.