Pioneer Elementary School

Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Pioneer Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. It caters to 382 students across grades K through 5.

Pioneer Elementary School is one of 39 schools operated by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, a district that teaches 25,607 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pioneer Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Pioneer Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pioneer Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.4%; Pioneer Elementary School posts 52.3%, +14.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Pioneer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Martinez Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pioneer Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Pioneer Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Pioneer Elementary School's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 382). White enrollment moved from 59% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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