Enrollment
90
Elementary
DISTRICT 96 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTIS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-3·NCES 080594001016
Otis Elementary School
518 DUNGAN STREET, OTIS, CO 80743 · (970) 246-3486 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL90 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- C-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
9.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
51 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (14).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Otis Elementary School→Otis Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Otis School District No. R-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 10.5% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Otis Elementary School
Otis Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Elementary School this school | 90 | 56.7% | 24.3% |
| North Fork Montessori @ Crawford CRAWFORD | 120 | 58.3% | 59.4% |
| North Fork School of Integrated Studies PAONIA | 112 | 51.8% | 58.5% |
| Idalia Elementary School IDALIA | 71 | 57.7% | 52.9% |
| Sangre de Cristo Elementary School MOSCA | 110 | 56.4% | 49.8% |
| Cotopaxi Elementary School COTOPAXI | 78 | 64.1% | 26.2% |
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 Otis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 90 | #1,000 of 1,056 |
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
90
-12 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 90 | 9.6 | 9.3:1 | 57% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 8.8 | 10.4:1 | 58% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 96 | 8.2 | 11.7:1 | 59% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 102 | 9 | 11.3:1 | 52% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 127 | 8.8 | 14.5:1 | 57% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 140 | 12 | 11.7:1 | 59% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | 47% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 107 | 10 | 10.7:1 | 33% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 119 | 9 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (127 to 90); teachers up 10% (8.8 to 9.6).
About Otis Elementary School
Otis Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in OTIS, Colorado. The school enrolls 90 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Across its 2 schools, Otis School District No. R-3 enrolls 192 students. Otis Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Otis Elementary School is 87% White. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 9.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.3:1. 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 57%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Otis Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.4%.
Within Washington County, the median household income is $67,167, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Washington County has 11 public schools and roughly 878 students.
Nearby, Otis Junior-Senior High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.7%; Otis Elementary School's is 24.3%, ranking 4th of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 90 students in 2024-25, 12 fewer than the 102 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.3:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,831
Census ACS
Median income
$67,167
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
878 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Otis School District No. R-3
- Otis Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 102 students
Other schools in OTIS
- Otis Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 102 students
- Lone Star Elementary SchoolElementary · 56 students
- Lone Star Undivided High SchoolHigh · 44 students
- Lone Star Middle SchoolMiddle · 19 students
Other Otis Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Otis Elementary. Otis Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Otis Elementary SchoolEast Boston, MA · 408 students
- Otis Elementary SchoolFremont, OH · 394 students
- Otis Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Otis Junior-Senior High School0.0 mi · 102
- Akron Elementary School12.5 mi · 301
- Akron High School12.5 mi · 110
- YUMA PRESCHOOL12.6 mi · 41
- Yuma Middle School12.7 mi · 223
- Kenneth P Morris Elementary School12.7 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Otis Elementary SchoolHow large is Otis Elementary School?
Otis Elementary School enrolls approximately 90 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Otis Elementary School serve?
Otis Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Otis Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Otis Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Otis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Otis Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Otis Elementary School public or private?
Otis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Otis School District No. R-3.
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