Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192001430
Pioneer Elementary School
3663 WOODLAND HILLS DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918 · (719) 234-5000 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
185 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
58.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 49.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Pioneer Elementary School
Pioneer Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary School this school | 382 | 48.4% | 52.3% |
| Rudy Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 385 | 53.8% | 48.6% |
| McAuliffe Elementary COLORADO SPRINGS | 448 | 45.3% | 24.0% |
| Martinez Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 354 | 45.5% | 42.9% |
| South Ridge Elementary An IB World School CASTLE ROCK | 371 | 53.1% | 33.8% |
| Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education LITTLETON | 334 | 44.6% | 33.0% |
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 Pioneer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #260 of 931 | #29 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #351 of 940 ▼ 101 | #46 of 126 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #243 of 946 ▼ 23 | #23 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #474 of 1,056 | #53 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #425 of 896 | #74 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #104 of 896 | #40 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #495 of 983 | #62 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #507 of 664 | #77 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
382
+28 (+8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 27.1 | 12.6:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 25.9 | 13.4:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 49% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 32.1 | 13.0:1 | 49% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 43% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 43% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 10% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 28 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (417 to 382); teachers down 22% (32.1 to 25).
About Pioneer Elementary School
Students in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, attend Pioneer Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 382 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Academy District 20 serves 25,607 students across 39 schools.
The student body at Pioneer Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 23 points below the 70% share among El Paso County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Pioneer Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Pioneer Elementary School, which has 25. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Pioneer Elementary School is about 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pioneer Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 52.3%, is 14.9 points above the 37.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Colorado schools.
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.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Martinez Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Pioneer Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 382, compared with 354 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 12.2 in 2020-21 to 15.3 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Pioneer Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 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
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 29.
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolPARKER, CO · 449 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolFORT MORGAN, CO · 243 students
- Pioneer ElementaryMerced, CA · 1,055 students
- Pioneer ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 859 students
- Pioneer ElementaryUnion City, CA · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Martinez Elementary School0.7 mi · 354
- Jenkins Middle School0.8 mi · 791
- King Elementary School1.0 mi · 270
- Frontier Elementary School1.1 mi · 262
- New Summit Charter Academy1.1 mi · 628
- Scott Elementary School1.4 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Elementary SchoolHow large is Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pioneer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Pioneer Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Pioneer Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pioneer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pioneer Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 31% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Pioneer Elementary School public or private?
Pioneer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Academy District 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.