Manassa Elementary School

Set in MANASSA, Colorado, Manassa Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus, one of the schools within North Conejos School District No. Re1J. It works with 190 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

North Conejos School District No. Re1J runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 927 students. Manassa Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Manassa Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 44% White.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Manassa Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Conejos County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Manassa Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 21.1%; actual is 52.0%, +30.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Conejos County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,978 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Conejos County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,507 students), Manassa Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Centauri High School, roughly 5.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manassa Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Manassa Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 190). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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