Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 97 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELBERT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT C-2·NCES 080501000824
Kiowa Elementary School
525 COMMANCHE ST, KIOWA, CO 80117 · (303) 621-2042 · Elbert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
52 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 41 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Elbert County School District C-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
9.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 9.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kiowa Elementary School
Kiowa Elementary School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiowa Elementary School this school | 159 | 32.7% | 30.0% |
| Elbert Elementary School ELBERT | 141 | 31.9% | 50.7% |
| South Routt Elementary School YAMPA | 130 | 33.8% | 35.6% |
| Ute Pass Elementary School CHIPITA PARK | 174 | 36.2% | 46.0% |
| Nederland Elementary School NEDERLAND | 196 | 33.2% | 59.8% |
| Merino Elementary School MERINO | 159 | 26.4% | N/A |
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 Kiowa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Elbert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #583 of 931 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #894 of 940 ▼ 260 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #686 of 946 ▼ 92 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #933 of 1,056 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #673 of 983 | #3 of 6 |
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
159
+19 (+14%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 117
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 159 | 14.2 | 11.2:1 | 33% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 195 | 8.9 | 21.8:1 | 34% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 162 | 7.7 | 21.1:1 | 31% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 140 | 8 | 17.5:1 | 25% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 122 | 8.3 | 14.7:1 | 31% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 132 | 6 | 22.0:1 | 40% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 37% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 16% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiowa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (122 to 159); teachers up 71% (8.3 to 14.2).
About Kiowa Elementary School
Kiowa Elementary School sits in KIOWA, Colorado, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 159 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
The 3 schools of Elbert County School District C-2, including Kiowa Elementary School, enroll 292 students.
White students are 85% of those enrolled at Kiowa Elementary School. Next come 14% Hispanic. That is in line with Elbert County, where about 85% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Kiowa Elementary School has 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.2:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 33%. That is in line with the 32% average for public schools in Elbert County.
Kiowa Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Kiowa Elementary School is -16.9 points, in the bottom 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.0%, and the predicted rate is 46.9%.
For Elbert County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $132,685 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Kiowa Elementary School, Elbert County has 17 public schools.
Kiowa High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Kiowa Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Kiowa Elementary School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment increased by 14% across 4 years, from 140 in 2020-21 to 159 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.5:1 in 2020-21, and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
Kiowa Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Elbert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,874
Census ACS
Median income
$132,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elbert County School District C-2
- Kiowa High SchoolHigh · 67 students
- Kiowa Middle SchoolMiddle · 66 students
Other schools in KIOWA
- Kiowa High SchoolHigh · 67 students
- Kiowa Middle SchoolMiddle · 66 students
Other Kiowa Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Kiowa Elementary. Kiowa Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Kiowa Elementary SchoolKiowa, OK · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Kiowa High School0.0 mi · 67
- Kiowa Middle School0.1 mi · 66
- Elizabeth Running Creek Preschool7.4 mi · 53
- Running Creek Elementary School7.4 mi · 292
- Elizabeth High School7.9 mi · 668
- Elizabeth Middle School8.1 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Kiowa Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kiowa Elementary School?
Kiowa Elementary School enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kiowa Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiowa Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kiowa Elementary School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Kiowa Elementary School.
How diverse is Kiowa Elementary School?
Kiowa Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kiowa Elementary School in?
Kiowa Elementary School is part of Elbert County School District C-2.
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