Holyoke Elementary School

Holyoke Elementary School, a cozy primary school in HOLYOKE, Colorado, part of Holyoke School District No. Re-1J, educates 281 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Holyoke School District No. Re-1J (512 students total), Holyoke Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Holyoke Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 49% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Holyoke Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Phillips County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Holyoke Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Phillips County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,674 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Phillips County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 809 students), Holyoke Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Holyoke Senior High School, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.