Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624001598
Kathryn Senor Elementary School
101 ALDER AVENUE, NEW CASTLE, CO 81647 · (970) 665-7700 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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
14.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
123 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 32.6% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Kathryn Senor Elementary School
Kathryn Senor Elementary School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn Senor Elementary School this school | 275 | 44.7% | 35.9% |
| Elk Creek Elementary NEW CASTLE | 272 | 46.0% | 23.2% |
| Carbon Valley Academy FREDERICK | 245 | 49.8% | 26.6% |
| The Studio School NORTHGLENN | 215 | 47.4% | 33.0% |
| Bennett Elementary School BENNETT | 251 | 41.8% | N/A |
| Upper Blue Elementary School BRECKENRIDGE | 221 | 47.1% | 55.3% |
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 Kathryn Senor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #496 of 931 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #439 of 940 ▲ 48 | #3 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #538 of 946 ▼ 63 | #5 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #779 of 1,056 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #294 of 896 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #421 of 896 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #532 of 983 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #149 of 200 | #8 of 8 |
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
275
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 275 | 18.9 | 14.5:1 | 45% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 22.8 | 12.5:1 | 33% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 20.1 | 13.6:1 | 34% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 31% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 16.5 | 15.9:1 | 36% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 43% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 42% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 26% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kathryn Senor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (263 to 275); teachers up 15% (16.5 to 18.9).
About Kathryn Senor Elementary School
Kathryn Senor Elementary School is an elementary school located in NEW CASTLE, Colorado, in Garfield County. The school enrolls 275 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Garfield School District No. Re-2 has 10 schools and 4,695 students, and Kathryn Senor Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Kathryn Senor Elementary School is White: 51%. The remaining shares are 48% Hispanic. Garfield County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kathryn Senor Elementary School scores 51%.
For every teacher at Kathryn Senor Elementary School, there are about 14.5 students; the school has 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 45%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Kathryn Senor Elementary School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Kathryn Senor Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.9% is 3.7 points below the 39.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Garfield County, median household income comes to about $91,131, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 29 public schools and about 10,790 students.
Riverside School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Kathryn Senor Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.9% against a local average of 28.0%.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 275, close to the 279 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.4:1 to 14.5:1.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other schools in NEW CASTLE
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Elk Creek ElementaryElementary · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside School0.1 mi · 483
- Elk Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 272
- Coal Ridge High School4.7 mi · 578
- Cactus Valley Elementary School7.3 mi · 462
- Two Rivers Community School8.8 mi · 390
- Glenwood Springs Middle School9.2 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Kathryn Senor Elementary SchoolHow large is Kathryn Senor Elementary School?
Kathryn Senor Elementary School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kathryn Senor Elementary School serve?
Kathryn Senor Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kathryn Senor Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kathryn Senor Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kathryn Senor Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kathryn Senor Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 48% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kathryn Senor Elementary School in?
Kathryn Senor Elementary School is part of Garfield School District No. Re-2.
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