Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453000668
Monterey Elementary School
2311 MONTEREY ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910 · (719) 579-2179 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+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
15.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
218 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 27.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 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 Monterey Elementary School
Monterey Elementary School's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Elementary School this school | 272 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
| Stratton Meadows Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 290 | 83.8% | 15.7% |
| Bricker Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 269 | 82.5% | 20.0% |
| Rogers Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 267 | 77.9% | 15.6% |
| Monroe Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 321 | 75.4% | 12.8% |
| Twain Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 291 | 81.4% | 17.5% |
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 Monterey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #572 of 931 | #89 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #590 of 940 ▼ 35 | #84 of 126 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #666 of 946 ▼ 45 | #95 of 127 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #784 of 1,056 | #103 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #401 of 896 | #69 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #188 of 896 | #68 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #147 of 983 | #9 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #82 of 664 | #20 of 100 |
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
272
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 80% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 89% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 15.9 | 13.0:1 | 60% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 89% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 25.1 | 16.1:1 | 87% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 75% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 86% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 62% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monterey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (404 to 272); teachers down 28% (25.1 to 18).
About Monterey Elementary School
Monterey Elementary School is a small elementary school based in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 272 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 28% lower.
Across its 28 schools, Harrison School District Two enrolls 11,938 students. Monterey Elementary School is one of those schools.
Monterey Elementary School is 57% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 18% White, 11% Black, and 11% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 18 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. That is lower than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in El Paso County is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Monterey Elementary School is B. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Monterey Elementary School is 18.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.7%.
In El Paso County (population about 742,999), the median household income is $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 245 public schools in El Paso County, enrolling about 114,356 students in all.
Nearby, Centennial Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Monterey Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 30.7% against a local average of 18.6%.
In the federal locale system, Monterey Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Monterey Elementary School had 267 students in 2020-21 and 272 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.1:1 to 15.1:1.
Discussions about Monterey Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Soaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Monterey Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Monterey Elementary. Monterey Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Monterey ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 508 students
- Monterey Elementary SchoolGrove City, OH · 425 students
- Monterey ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Elementary School0.4 mi · 340
- Carmel Community School0.6 mi · 490
- Sierra High School0.8 mi · 843
- Giberson Elementary School1.1 mi · 291
- Atlas Preparatory Elementary School1.1 mi · 286
- Atlas Preparatory High School1.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Monterey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Monterey Elementary School?
Monterey Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Monterey Elementary School serve?
Monterey Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Monterey Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Monterey Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Monterey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Monterey Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 57% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Monterey Elementary School public or private?
Monterey Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison School District Two.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.