Manitou Springs Elementary School

Set in MANITOU SPRINGS, Colorado, Manitou Springs Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of El. It serves 331 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of El comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,147 students; Manitou Springs Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Manitou Springs Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Manitou Springs Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Manitou Springs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 42.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Manitou Springs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Manitou Springs Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manitou Springs Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manitou Springs Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Manitou Springs Elementary School has shrank 25%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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