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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9-R·NCES 080348000454
Park Elementary School
510 E. 6TH AVE., DURANGO, CO 81301 · (970) 247-3718 · La Plata County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-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
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
176 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
60%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
60.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 53.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary School this school | 452 | 38.9% | 57.4% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Hackberry Hill Elementary School ARVADA | 430 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
| Kruse Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 406 | 38.9% | 65.2% |
| Little Raven Elementary School LITTLETON | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Legacy Elementary School FREDERICK | 430 | 37.7% | 39.9% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In La Plata County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #185 of 931 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #172 of 940 ▲ 16 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #213 of 946 ▼ 13 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #315 of 1,056 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #100 of 896 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #198 of 896 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #597 of 983 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #655 of 664 | #7 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
452
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 452 | 35.6 | 12.7:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 32.2 | 13.6:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 32.1 | 13.3:1 | 35% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 37% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 36% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 39% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 40% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (455 to 452); teachers up 11% (32 to 35.6).
About Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in DURANGO, Colorado. A federal count lists 452 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Durango School District No. 9-R counts 5,089 students in its 13 schools, and Park Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Park Elementary School is 57% White. It is also 24% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of La Plata County is roughly 82% White. By the diversity index, Park Elementary School comes in at 60%.
A ratio of 12.7:1 comes from the school's 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 39% of students at Park Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in La Plata County, the average is about the same, 39%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Park Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Park Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Colorado. Predicted: 43.1%. Actual: 57.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in La Plata County, median household income is about $86,056, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Park Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in La Plata County, which together enroll about 7,504 students.
The closest public school, Animas High School, is about 0.5 miles from Park Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Park Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Park Elementary School is Town: Distant.
Park Elementary School saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.2 to 12.7 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Park Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
La Plata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,331
Census ACS
Median income
$86,056
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durango School District No. 9-R
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Other schools in DURANGO
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. Park Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 26.
- Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 747 students
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
- Park ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Animas High School0.5 mi · 249
- Southwest Colorado eSchool0.6 mi · 48
- Durango Big Picture High School1.1 mi · 99
- Colorado Connections Academy @ Durango1.1 mi · 752
- Durango High School1.5 mi · 1,352
- Needham Elementary School1.6 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Park Elementary School serve?
Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Park Elementary School have?
Park Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Park Elementary School in?
Park Elementary School is part of Durango School District No. 9-R.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.