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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Longfellow Elementary School right now?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALIDA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-32·NCES 080633001108
Longfellow Elementary School
425 WEST 7TH STREET, SALIDA, CO 81201 · (719) 530-5260 · Chaffee County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
178 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Salida School District No. R-32. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 19 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
449
+14 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
% White
84%
was 79%
% Hispanic
13%
was 15%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in SALIDA, Colorado, operated by Salida School District No. R-32, teacheing 449 students in grades K through 4.
Longfellow Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Salida School District No. R-32, a district that hosts 1,351 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Longfellow Elementary School records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Longfellow Elementary School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Longfellow Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Longfellow Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.7%; this one delivers 62.0%, a residual of +19.3 points.
In the broader community, census data for Chaffee County shows median household earnings sit near $84,132, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Longfellow Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Chaffee County (combined enrollment of about 2,462 students).
Salida Montessori Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Longfellow Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.
Longfellow Elementary School operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Longfellow Elementary School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 449). The White share of enrollment expanded from 79% to 84% over that span.
On allk12, members of the Longfellow Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Chaffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,178
Census ACS
Median income
$84,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salida School District No. R-32
- Salida High SchoolHigh · 409 students
- Salida Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Salida Early Childhood CenterElementary · 74 students
- Crest AcademyMiddle · 60 students
- Horizons Exploratory AcademyHigh · 32 students
Other schools in SALIDA
- Salida High SchoolHigh · 409 students
- Salida Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Salida Montessori Charter SchoolElementary · 186 students
- Salida Early Childhood CenterElementary · 74 students
- Crest AcademyMiddle · 60 students
- Horizons Exploratory AcademyHigh · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Salida Montessori Charter School0.2 mi · 186
- Horizons Exploratory Academy0.4 mi · 32
- Salida Middle School0.6 mi · 327
- Salida High School0.6 mi · 409
- Salida Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 74
- Crest Academy1.0 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary School serve?
Longfellow Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary School have?
Longfellow Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Elementary School?
Student demographics at Longfellow Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Longfellow Elementary School public or private?
Longfellow Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salida School District No. R-32.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.