Pinello Elementary School

Pinello Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of, with 301 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 18 schools in School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of (9,290 students total), Pinello Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pinello Elementary School reports that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 38% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pinello Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 29.7%.

Zooming out to the county, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Pinello Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sproul Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pinello Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinello Elementary School has ticked down 15%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 46% to 38%.

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