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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1J·NCES 080579000996
Olathe Elementary School
326 NORTH 3RD STREET, OLATHE, CO 81425 · (970) 252-7940 · Montrose County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
291 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
31.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 22.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Olathe Elementary School
Olathe Elementary School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olathe Elementary School this school | 424 | 68.6% | 26.4% |
| Johnson Elementary School MONTROSE | 531 | 67.0% | 22.8% |
| Nettie S Freed K-8 Expeditionary School PUEBLO | 425 | 69.2% | 28.3% |
| Thomson Primary School BRUSH | 452 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Bea Underwood Elementary School PARACHUTE | 390 | 69.0% | 11.2% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 451 | 65.2% | 28.6% |
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 Olathe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Montrose County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #646 of 931 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #580 of 940 ▲ 78 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #634 of 946 ▲ 85 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #381 of 1,056 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #764 of 896 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #446 of 896 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #280 of 983 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #564 of 664 | #6 of 7 |
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
424
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 424 | 23.6 | 17.9:1 | 69% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 21.8 | 19.8:1 | 76% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 23.2 | 19.6:1 | 70% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 69% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 25.1 | 17.8:1 | 65% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 67% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 79% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 63% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olathe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (447 to 424); teachers down 6% (25.1 to 23.6).
About Olathe Elementary School
Federal records list Olathe Elementary School as an elementary school in OLATHE, Colorado. A federal count lists 424 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Olathe Elementary School is part of Montrose County School District Re-1J, where 15 schools serve 5,977 students.
At 57%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Olathe Elementary School combined. It is also 42% White. Montrose County's residents are about 22% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Olathe Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Olathe Elementary School's 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.9:1. That ratio is over the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. That is 13 points above the 56% average for public schools in Montrose County.
allk12 grades Olathe Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Olathe Elementary School is 1.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (26.4% versus 25.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Montrose County census figures show that median household income is about $72,120, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Olathe Elementary School is among the 19 public schools in Montrose County.
Nearest public school: Olathe Middle/High School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Olathe Elementary School is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Olathe Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 398 in 2020-21 and 424 in 2024-25, a rise of 26 students.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montrose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$72,120
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Olathe Middle/High SchoolHigh · 499 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe Middle/High School0.4 mi · 499
- Delta High School8.9 mi · 626
- Grand Mesa Choice Academy9.2 mi · 68
- Lincoln Elementary School9.4 mi · 371
- Delta Middle School9.7 mi · 498
- Garnet Mesa Elementary School9.8 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Olathe Elementary SchoolHow large is Olathe Elementary School?
Olathe Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Olathe Elementary School serve?
Olathe Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olathe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olathe Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olathe Elementary School?
At Olathe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 57% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Olathe Elementary School?
Olathe Elementary School is overseen by Montrose County School District Re-1J in Montrose County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.