James Irwin Elementary School - Howard

James Irwin Elementary School - Howard, a small elementary campus in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, instructs 213 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Across the 60 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (22,293 students total), James Irwin Elementary School - Howard accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, James Irwin Elementary School - Howard lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, James Irwin Elementary School - Howard sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 37.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate 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%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), James Irwin Elementary School - Howard is one campus in the mix.

James Irwin Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Irwin Elementary School - Howard. On composite proficiency, James Irwin Elementary School - Howard comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site. James Irwin Elementary School - Howard operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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