King Elementary School

Located at 6110 SAPPORO DRIVE, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, King Elementary School is a compact primary school that hosts 270 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 22,293 students; King Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, King Elementary School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, King Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which King Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fremont Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, King Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

King Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at King Elementary School has decreased 30%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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