Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001123
Pinello Elementary School
2515 CODY DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 · (719) 391-3395 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- C+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
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
179 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
32.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 27.6% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Pinello Elementary School
Pinello Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinello Elementary School this school | 301 | 59.5% | 29.7% |
| Henry Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 306 | 65.4% | 31.5% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Berkeley DENVER | 329 | 60.2% | 34.5% |
| Odyssey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 378 | 62.2% | 34.7% |
| Grant Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 350 | 65.7% | 30.5% |
| Keller Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 326 | 66.3% | 28.5% |
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 Pinello Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #589 of 931 | #94 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #642 of 940 ▼ 88 | #96 of 126 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #610 of 946 ▼ 8 | #88 of 127 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #713 of 1,056 | #88 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #187 of 896 | #38 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #85 of 896 | #26 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #381 of 983 | #45 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #376 of 664 | #61 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
301
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 59% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 23.5 | 12.7:1 | 70% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 48% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 62% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 25.6 | 13.9:1 | 67% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 70% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 60% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 39% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinello Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (356 to 301); teachers down 14% (25.6 to 22).
About Pinello Elementary School
Pinello Elementary School sits in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, and is classified as an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 301 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 21% below average.
Widefield School District 3 is responsible for 18 schools, Pinello Elementary School included, with 9,290 students in all.
The student body at Pinello Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. The next largest groups are 38% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 19% share among El Paso County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Pinello Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Pinello Elementary School, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 179 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 59% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in El Paso County is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pinello Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pinello Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 29.7% actual against 30.7% predicted.
Census data for El Paso County show median household income comes to about $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 245 public schools and about 114,356 students.
Sproul Junior High School is the nearest public school to Pinello Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Pinello Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Pinello Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Pinello Elementary School enrolled 286 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 301. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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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 Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 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
Nearby schools
- Sproul Junior High School0.6 mi · 504
- Widefield District 3 Preschool0.8 mi · 379
- The Haven School0.9 mi · 240
- Turman Elementary School1.2 mi · 185
- Discovery High School1.4 mi · 83
- Widefield High School1.5 mi · 1,193
Frequently asked questions
About Pinello Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pinello Elementary School?
Pinello Elementary School enrolls approximately 301 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pinello Elementary School serve?
Pinello Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Pinello Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Pinello Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pinello Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pinello Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 42% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Pinello Elementary School in?
Pinello Elementary School is part of Widefield School District 3.
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