High Plains Elementary School

As a tight-knit primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, High Plains Elementary School enrolls 248 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 25,607 students; High Plains Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, High Plains Elementary School records that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, High Plains Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, High Plains Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) records that median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which High Plains Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Aspen Valley High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts High Plains Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 352 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 28% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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