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What advice would you give to incoming students at Pine Grove Elementary School?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001279
Pine Grove Elementary School
10450 STONEGATE PARKWAY, PARKER, CO 80134 · (303) 387-8075 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
50 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
61.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 59.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Pine Grove Elementary School
Pine Grove Elementary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Elementary School this school | 480 | 10.4% | 57.8% |
| Academy Charter School CASTLE ROCK | 581 | 10.5% | 67.7% |
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary School CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE | 491 | 9.8% | 72.1% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| Aspen Ridge Preparatory School ERIE | 581 | 10.8% | 44.9% |
| Mitchell Elementary School GOLDEN | 478 | 11.1% | 75.4% |
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 Pine Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #179 of 931 | #30 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #135 of 940 ▼ 7 | #25 of 58 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #184 of 946 ▲ 41 | #30 of 58 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #273 of 1,056 | #26 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #340 of 896 | #15 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #661 of 896 | #48 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #944 of 983 | #42 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #330 of 664 | #26 of 45 |
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
480
-73 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 480 | 32.5 | 14.8:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 32.5 | 15.3:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 32.5 | 15.6:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 31.5 | 18.5:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 28 | 21.3:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 1% (5) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (582 to 480); teachers up 3% (31.5 to 32.5).
About Pine Grove Elementary School
Pine Grove Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in PARKER, Colorado. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 480 students. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students, so this school is 27% larger than average.
Pine Grove Elementary School belongs to Douglas County School District No. Re 1, a district of 89 schools and 61,550 students.
At Pine Grove Elementary School, White students make up 76% of the student body. Next come 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pine Grove Elementary School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.8:1. 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 10%.
The allk12 Grade for Pine Grove Elementary School is B. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pine Grove Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 57.8% actual against 60.4% predicted.
Douglas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $149,594, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 62% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Douglas County is home to 92 public schools and about 63,841 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, North Star Academy is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Pine Grove Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 58.3%, higher than Pine Grove Elementary School's 57.8%.
In the federal locale system, Pine Grove Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Pine Grove Elementary School's enrollment dropped 13%, to 480. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.3:1 to 14.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Pine Grove Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in PARKER
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Ponderosa High SchoolHigh · 1,406 students
- Leman Classical AcademyElementary · 1,390 students
- Cimarron MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Sagewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
Other Pine Grove Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Pine Grove Elementary. Pine Grove Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 11.
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBROOKSVILLE, FL · 943 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 756 students
- Pine Grove ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 569 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolPine Grove, PA · 563 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryColumbia, SC · 501 students
Nearby schools
- North Star Academy0.9 mi · 684
- Chaparral High School0.9 mi · 2,007
- Venture Academy of Leadership and Entrepreneurship1.0 mi · 88
- Cherokee Trail Elementary School1.1 mi · 553
- Mammoth Heights Elementary1.1 mi · 598
- Prairie Crossing Elementary School1.3 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Pine Grove Elementary School?
Pine Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-06.
Is Pine Grove Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Grove Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Grove Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Grove Elementary School?
At Pine Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Pine Grove Elementary School public or private?
Pine Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.