Enrollment
125
Elementary
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEZUMA-CORTEZ SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080309000837
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School
21434 ROAD U, CORTEZ, CO 81321 · (970) 882-4494 · Montezuma County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-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
15.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
51 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School→Montezuma-Cortez Middle School
Based on grade levels within Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +29.0pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 56.1% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 15 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 Lewis-Arriola Elementary School
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis-Arriola Elementary School this school | 125 | 40.8% | 56.9% |
| Carlson Elementary School IDAHO SPRINGS | 144 | 43.1% | 32.1% |
| McClave Elementary School MC CLAVE | 126 | 42.1% | 56.6% |
| South Routt Elementary School YAMPA | 130 | 33.8% | 35.6% |
| Stratton Elementary School STRATTON | 101 | 42.6% | 31.8% |
| The Juniper School DURANGO | 171 | 38.6% | 48.4% |
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 Lewis-Arriola Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Montezuma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #189 of 931 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #248 of 940 ▼ 81 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #65 of 946 ▲ 374 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 125 | #974 of 1,056 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #574 of 983 | #5 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
125
+8 (+7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 138
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 125 | 8 | 15.6:1 | 41% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 120 | 8 | 15.0:1 | 41% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 7.5 | 15.7:1 | 46% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 117 | 7 | 16.7:1 | 37% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 116 | 7.9 | 14.7:1 | 50% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 117 | 7 | 16.7:1 | 38% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | 6 | 20.2:1 | 40% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 156 | 10 | 15.6:1 | 28% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 7 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis-Arriola Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (116 to 125); teachers up 2% (7.9 to 8).
About Lewis-Arriola Elementary School
Among the schools in CORTEZ, Colorado, is Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, a small elementary school. A total of 125 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students, so this school is 67% smaller than average.
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 is responsible for 10 schools, Lewis-Arriola Elementary School included, with 2,380 students in all.
White students make up a majority at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, at 77%. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The White share in Montezuma County as a whole is similar, at about 75%. Lewis-Arriola Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is lower than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The lunch program counts 41% of students at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Montezuma County, the average is 59%.
allk12 grades Lewis-Arriola Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 42.0%. Lewis-Arriola Elementary School posts 56.9%, 14.9 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Montezuma County has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,244, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Montezuma County is home to 19 public schools and about 3,620 public school students.
The closest public school, Dolores Elementary School, is about 8.9 miles from Lewis-Arriola Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lewis-Arriola Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lewis-Arriola Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Lewis-Arriola Elementary School's enrollment grew 7%, to 125. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.7:1 to 15.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montezuma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,412
Census ACS
Median income
$65,244
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,620 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
- Montezuma-Cortez High SchoolHigh · 598 students
- Montezuma-Cortez Middle SchoolMiddle · 505 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Kemper Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Southwest Open Charter SchoolHigh · 131 students
- Children's Kiva Montessori SchoolElementary · 130 students
Other schools in CORTEZ
- Montezuma-Cortez High SchoolHigh · 598 students
- Montezuma-Cortez Middle SchoolMiddle · 505 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Kemper Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Southwest Open Charter SchoolHigh · 131 students
- Children's Kiva Montessori SchoolElementary · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Dolores Elementary School8.9 mi · 245
- Dolores High School8.9 mi · 186
- Dolores Middle School8.9 mi · 166
- Beech Street Preschool9.0 mi · 70
- Teddy Bear Preschool9.1 mi · 71
- Children's Kiva Montessori School9.2 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis-Arriola Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School?
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School enrolls approximately 125 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lewis-Arriola Elementary School serve?
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis-Arriola Elementary School?
At Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lewis-Arriola Elementary School in?
Lewis-Arriola Elementary School is part of Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1.
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