Kathryn Senor Elementary School

Kathryn Senor Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community in NEW CASTLE, Colorado, operated by Garfield School District No. Re-2. The school caters to 275 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

Kathryn Senor Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Garfield School District No. Re-2, a district that works with 4,695 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kathryn Senor Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 48% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, Kathryn Senor Elementary School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kathryn Senor Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Garfield County shows median household earnings sit near $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Garfield County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), Kathryn Senor Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Riverside School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kathryn Senor Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kathryn Senor Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 275). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 41% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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