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How has Pagosa Springs Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCHULETA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 50 JT·NCES 080219000038
Pagosa Springs Elementary School
141 SOUTH 10TH STREET, PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147 · (970) 264-2229 · Archuleta County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
12.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
310 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Pagosa Springs Elementary School→Pagosa Springs Middle School
Based on grade levels within Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 26.7% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Pagosa Springs Elementary School
Pagosa Springs Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagosa Springs Elementary School this school | 511 | 60.7% | 31.2% |
| Garnet Mesa Elementary School DELTA | 488 | 63.3% | 37.1% |
| Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball LOVELAND | 536 | 62.7% | 18.3% |
| Wray Elementary School WRAY | 409 | 63.6% | 48.6% |
| Fremont Elementary School FLORENCE | 441 | 59.6% | 23.8% |
| Chatfield Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 371 | 62.5% | 40.1% |
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 Pagosa Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #563 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #503 of 940 ▲ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #619 of 946 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #218 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #109 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #337 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #365 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #440 of 664 |
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
511
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 511 | 39.7 | 12.9:1 | 61% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 37.7 | 13.6:1 | 63% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 55% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 57% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 36.3 | 16.1:1 | 56% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 58% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 54% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 40% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 36 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pagosa Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (583 to 511); teachers up 9% (36.3 to 39.7).
About Pagosa Springs Elementary School
Pagosa Springs Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colorado. It reported 511 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
Within Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt, Pagosa Springs Elementary School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 1,588 students.
More than half of the students at Pagosa Springs Elementary School are White (60%). The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 4% multiracial. In Archuleta County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pagosa Springs Elementary School scores 54%.
The school lists 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 310 students, or 61%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pagosa Springs Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pagosa Springs Elementary School is 1.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.2% actual, 29.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
The county, Archuleta County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,065 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Pagosa Springs Elementary School, Archuleta County has 5 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Pagosa Springs Middle School, is the closest to Pagosa Springs Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Pagosa Springs Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 511, starting from 500.
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Archuleta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,900
Census ACS
Median income
$83,065
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt
- Pagosa Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Pagosa Springs High SchoolHigh · 435 students
- Pagosa Peak Open SchoolElementary · 111 students
- San Juan Mountain SchoolHigh · 47 students
Other schools in PAGOSA SPRINGS
- Pagosa Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Pagosa Springs High SchoolHigh · 435 students
- Pagosa Peak Open SchoolElementary · 111 students
- San Juan Mountain SchoolHigh · 47 students
Nearby schools
- Pagosa Springs Middle School0.6 mi · 484
- San Juan Mountain School0.7 mi · 47
- Pagosa Springs High School0.7 mi · 435
- Pagosa Peak Open School2.3 mi · 111
- DULCE MIDDLE22.4 mi · 130
- DULCE HIGH22.6 mi · 160
Frequently asked questions
About Pagosa Springs Elementary SchoolHow large is Pagosa Springs Elementary School?
Pagosa Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Pagosa Springs Elementary School serve?
Pagosa Springs Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pagosa Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pagosa Springs Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pagosa Springs Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pagosa Springs Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pagosa Springs Elementary School?
Pagosa Springs Elementary School is overseen by Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt in Archuleta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.