Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 118 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS ANIMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080525000866
Las Animas Elementary School
530 POPLAR AVENUE, LAS ANIMAS, CO 81054 · (719) 456-1862 · Bent County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- ABeats 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
22.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 82.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
172 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Feeds from
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +18.9pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 55 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 up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 21.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Las Animas Elementary School
Las Animas Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Animas Elementary School this school | 209 | 82.3% | 34.0% |
| West Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 144 | 83.3% | 25.9% |
| Dos Rios Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 293 | 79.5% | 26.9% |
| Nisley Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 346 | 81.5% | 17.8% |
| Manassa Elementary School MANASSA | 190 | 75.3% | 52.0% |
| Putnam Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 258 | 77.1% | 36.9% |
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 Las Animas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #518 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #446 of 940 ▲ 213 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #292 of 946 ▲ 256 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #887 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #890 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #361 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #130 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #250 of 664 |
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
209
-19 (-8%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 209 | 9.1 | 22.9:1 | 82% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 11.1 | 21.0:1 | 76% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 15.1 | 16.3:1 | 67% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | 74% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 15.8 | 16.9:1 | 80% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 84% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 81% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 25 | 12.0:1 | 75% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Animas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (266 to 209); teachers down 42% (15.8 to 9.1).
About Las Animas Elementary School
The public elementary school Las Animas Elementary School is located in LAS ANIMAS, Colorado. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 209 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
Las Animas School District No. Re-1 has 5 schools; together they serve 906 students.
About 56% of the student body at Las Animas Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 40% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 67% of Bent County residents are White. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Las Animas Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Las Animas Elementary School, giving a ratio of 22.9:1. The school's 22.9:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. By family income, 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 65% average among public schools in Bent County.
On the allk12 Grade, Las Animas Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Las Animas Elementary School is 17.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Colorado.
The county, Bent County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $50,179 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 27% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Las Animas Elementary School, Bent County has 6 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Jump Start Learning Center is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Las Animas Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles.
Federal data place Las Animas Elementary School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% drop, from 228 to 209. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.3:1 in 2020-21 to 22.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Bent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,549
Census ACS
Median income
$50,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
27%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Las Animas School District No. Re-1
- Academy of Las Animas Online SchoolHigh · 474 students
- Las Animas High SchoolHigh · 132 students
- Las Animas Junior High SchoolMiddle · 64 students
- Jump Start Learning CenterElementary · 27 students
Other schools in LAS ANIMAS
- Las Animas High SchoolHigh · 132 students
- Las Animas Junior High SchoolMiddle · 64 students
- Jump Start Learning CenterElementary · 27 students
Other Las Animas Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Las Animas Elementary. Las Animas Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Las Animas ElementaryGilroy, CA · 800 students
Nearby schools
- Jump Start Learning Center0.0 mi · 27
- Las Animas High School0.3 mi · 132
- Las Animas Junior High School0.3 mi · 64
- Cheraw School15.4 mi · 209
- Tiger Trades Academy17.0 mi · 90
- La Junta Intermediate School17.8 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Las Animas Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Las Animas Elementary School?
Las Animas Elementary School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Las Animas Elementary School serve?
Las Animas Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Las Animas Elementary School?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Las Animas Elementary School.
How diverse is Las Animas Elementary School?
Las Animas Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Las Animas Elementary School public or private?
Las Animas Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Las Animas School District No. Re-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.