Pinon Valley Elementary School

Pinon Valley Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E, with 315 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 9 schools in Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E (3,745 students total), Pinon Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pinon Valley Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pinon Valley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.6%.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Pinon Valley Elementary School is one.

Cheyenne Mountain Elementary 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. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pinon Valley Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.