Martinez Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Martinez Elementary School serves 354 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 22,293 students; Martinez Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martinez Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Martinez Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Martinez Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Martinez Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Jenkins Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martinez Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 62% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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