Otis Elementary School

Located at 518 DUNGAN STREET, in OTIS, Colorado, Otis Elementary School is a rural-scale elementary school that caters to 90 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Otis School District No. R-3. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Otis School District No. R-3 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 192 students; Otis Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Otis Elementary School lists that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Otis Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Otis Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 24.3%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $67,167, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 878 students), Otis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Otis Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Otis Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

Otis Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Otis Elementary School has decreased 29%, going from 127 students in 2018 to 90 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 12%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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