Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-3 FORT MORGAN·NCES 080405006298
Pioneer Elementary School
415 SOUTH SPRUCE STREET, FORT MORGAN, CO 80701 · (970) 867-2080 · Morgan County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
182 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (42) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pioneer Elementary School→Fort Morgan Middle School
Based on grade levels within School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
18.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 20.4% |
% 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Pioneer Elementary School
Pioneer Elementary School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary School this school | 243 | 74.9% | 17.2% |
| Monterey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
| Bricker Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 269 | 82.5% | 20.0% |
| Eiber Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 255 | 75.7% | 20.0% |
| Monarch Montessori DENVER | 282 | 68.4% | 16.9% |
| Cole Arts and Science Academy DENVER | 275 | 83.6% | 12.4% |
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 Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #818 of 931 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #776 of 940 ▼ 83 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #856 of 946 ▲ 26 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #846 of 1,056 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #26 of 896 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #517 of 896 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #216 of 983 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #233 of 664 | N/A |
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
243
-72 (-23%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 243 | 21.7 | 11.2:1 | 75% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 21.5 | 12.0:1 | 84% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 18.8 | 14.0:1 | 78% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 64% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 21.3 | 14.7:1 | 75% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 84% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 88% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 74% (275) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (312 to 243); teachers up 2% (21.3 to 21.7).
About Pioneer Elementary School
This page covers Pioneer Elementary School, a small elementary school in FORT MORGAN, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 243 students covers grades 1 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
The district, School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan, operates 8 schools serving 3,451 students.
A majority of students at Pioneer Elementary School, 70%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% White, 12% Black, 2% Native American, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 32 points above the 38% share among Morgan County residents. By the diversity index, Pioneer Elementary School comes in at 48%.
Federal data list 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pioneer Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.2:1. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The lunch program counts 75% of students at Pioneer Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Morgan County average 56%.
allk12 grades Pioneer Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pioneer Elementary School would be expected to post about 21.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.2%.
Within Morgan County, median household income is about $73,278, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 19 public schools in Morgan County, with a combined enrollment of about 6,039.
Baker Elementary School is the public school closest to Pioneer Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Pioneer Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Pioneer Elementary School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 17.2% versus a 21.8% average.
The federal government classifies Pioneer Elementary School's location as Town: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 23%, from 315 to 243. By 2024-25, the school had 11.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,520
Census ACS
Median income
$73,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other schools in FORT MORGAN
- Fort Morgan High SchoolHigh · 945 students
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 749 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sherman Early Childhood CenterElementary · 409 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Green Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary School is the 26th largest of the 29.
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolPARKER, CO · 449 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 382 students
- Pioneer ElementaryMerced, CA · 1,055 students
- Pioneer ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 859 students
- Pioneer ElementaryUnion City, CA · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Baker Elementary School0.6 mi · 321
- Fort Morgan Middle School0.7 mi · 749
- Sherman Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 409
- Lincoln High School0.8 mi · 43
- Innovative Connections High School1.1 mi · 40
- Green Acres Elementary School1.2 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Elementary SchoolHow large is Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades 01-05.
Is Pioneer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pioneer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pioneer Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 70% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Pioneer Elementary School in?
Pioneer Elementary School is part of School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan.
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