Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000258
Penrose Elementary School
4285 SOUTH NONCHALANT CIRCLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917 · (719) 328-7500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
178 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
23.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% | 20.3% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Penrose Elementary School
Penrose Elementary School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrose Elementary School this school | 279 | 63.8% | 19.4% |
| Venetucci Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
| Columbia Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 265 | 66.8% | 30.4% |
| Little Elementary School ARVADA | 310 | 65.2% | 21.3% |
| Secrest Elementary School ARVADA | 334 | 66.5% | 24.2% |
| King Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 270 | 58.5% | 42.5% |
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 Penrose Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #774 of 931 | #116 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #693 of 940 ▼ 2 | #105 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #762 of 946 ▲ 67 | #110 of 127 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #767 of 1,056 | #101 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #156 of 896 | #31 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #126 of 896 | #51 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #335 of 983 | #40 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #63 of 664 | #17 of 100 |
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
279
-98 (-26%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 279 | 20.8 | 13.4:1 | 64% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 20.8 | 16.1:1 | 64% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 22.5 | 15.5:1 | 61% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 65% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 24.4 | 17.5:1 | 61% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 65% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 54% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 23% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 32 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penrose Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (426 to 279); teachers down 15% (24.4 to 20.8).
About Penrose Elementary School
Penrose Elementary School is a small elementary school located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 279 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 26% below the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Penrose Elementary School is part of a district of 60 schools: Colorado Springs School District 11, with 22,293 students.
No group is above 50% at Penrose Elementary School; the largest is White, at 47%. The school is also 35% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Penrose Elementary School scores 64%.
There are 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Penrose Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. By family income, 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in El Paso County average 42%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Penrose Elementary School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Penrose Elementary School is 28.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%.
For El Paso County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 114,356, Penrose Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Sabin Middle School is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Penrose Elementary School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Penrose Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Penrose Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 26% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.9:1 to 13.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colorado Springs School District 11
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 975 students
- Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Mitchell High SchoolHigh · 757 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Penrose Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Penrose Elementary. Penrose Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Penrose Elementary SchoolPENROSE, CO · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Sabin Middle School0.3 mi · 540
- Carver Elementary School0.8 mi · 205
- Madison Elementary School1.1 mi · 265
- Doherty High School1.2 mi · 1,715
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School1.4 mi · 965
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School1.4 mi · 975
Frequently asked questions
About Penrose Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Penrose Elementary School?
Penrose Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades PK-05.
Is Penrose Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Penrose Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Penrose Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Penrose Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Penrose Elementary School?
Student demographics at Penrose Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Penrose Elementary School in?
Penrose Elementary School is part of Colorado Springs School District 11.
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