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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pine Lane Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345000444
Pine Lane Elementary
6485 E PONDEROSA DRIVE, PARKER, CO 80138 · (303) 387-8275 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
241 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (122).
Student demographics
57%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
51.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 | 51.9% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 48.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Lane Elementary
Pine Lane Elementary's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lane Elementary this school | 744 | 32.4% | 51.4% |
| STEM Lab NORTHGLENN | 740 | 30.9% | 56.8% |
| Cherokee Trail Elementary School PARKER | 553 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
| New Summit Charter Academy COLORADO SPRINGS | 628 | 37.9% | 42.8% |
| Mountain View Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 567 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Aspen Creek K-8 School BROOMFIELD | 844 | 25.0% | 55.2% |
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 Pine Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #270 of 931 | #46 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #226 of 940 ▲ 33 | #38 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #337 of 946 ▼ 10 | #52 of 58 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #52 of 1,056 | #6 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #258 of 896 | #8 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #255 of 896 | #9 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #674 of 983 | #5 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #609 of 664 | #38 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
744
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 744 | 52.3 | 14.2:1 | 32% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 56.1 | 13.8:1 | 34% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 49.5 | 16.0:1 | 24% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 24% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 25% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 44 | 20.1:1 | 26% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 52 | 18.9:1 | 20% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (767 to 744); teachers up 14% (46 to 52.3).
About Pine Lane Elementary
Pine Lane Elementary, located in PARKER, Colorado, is a large elementary school. It teaches 744 students in pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
Pine Lane Elementary is part of a district of 89 schools: Douglas County School District No. Re 1, with 61,550 students.
Of every 100 students at Pine Lane Elementary, about 61 are White. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Douglas County, the White share is about 80%. The diversity index for Pine Lane Elementary is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.2:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 2.3 students per teacher. By family income, 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Douglas County, the average eligibility rate is 18%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pine Lane Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Pine Lane Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.4% and a predicted 47.1%.
Douglas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $149,594, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 92 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,841, Pine Lane Elementary among them.
Sierra Middle School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Pine Lane Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.3%; Pine Lane Elementary's is 51.4%, ranking 7th of 9.
Federal data place Pine Lane Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.2:1) than in 2020-21 (16.5:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pine Lane Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Sierra Middle School0.3 mi · 805
- Global Village Academy - Douglas County0.6 mi · 450
- Parker Core Knowledge0.8 mi · 705
- Challenge to Excellence Charter School1.4 mi · 551
- Cherokee Trail Elementary School1.6 mi · 553
- North Star Academy1.6 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Pine Lane Elementary?
Pine Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 744 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pine Lane Elementary serve?
Pine Lane Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Pine Lane Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Pine Lane Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Lane Elementary?
At Pine Lane Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Pine Lane Elementary in?
Pine Lane Elementary is part of Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.