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If you could change one rule at Ranch Creek Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192006336
Ranch Creek Elementary
9155 TUTT BOULEVARD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80924 · (719) 234-5500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
19.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
80 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
55%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
68.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 54.9% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Ranch Creek Elementary
Ranch Creek Elementary's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranch Creek Elementary this school | 578 | 13.8% | 59.7% |
| Edison Elementary School DENVER | 583 | 18.0% | 71.7% |
| Coyote Creek Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 506 | 12.6% | 65.1% |
| Sage Canyon Elementary CASTLE ROCK | 552 | 9.8% | 55.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy WESTMINSTER | 518 | 17.2% | 52.4% |
| Westerly Creek Elementary DENVER | 647 | 20.1% | 77.3% |
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 Ranch Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #159 of 931 | #15 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #157 of 940 ▲ 23 | #14 of 126 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #100 of 946 ▲ 34 | #7 of 127 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #134 of 1,056 | #21 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #832 of 896 | #114 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #317 of 896 | #87 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #904 of 983 | #128 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #476 of 664 | #72 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
578
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 578 | 30.4 | 19.0:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 34.8 | 17.5:1 | 14% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 34.5 | 17.4:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 10% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ranch Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (641 to 578); teachers down 13% (35 to 30.4).
About Ranch Creek Elementary
Ranch Creek Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Academy District 20, located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 578 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Academy District 20 oversees Ranch Creek Elementary and 38 other schools, with 25,607 students in total.
A majority of students at Ranch Creek Elementary, 64%, are White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Ranch Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Federal staffing data show 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ranch Creek Elementary and a ratio of 19.0:1. That ratio is over the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 14% of students. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in El Paso County.
allk12 grades Ranch Creek Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ranch Creek Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.7%, compared with a predicted 58.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among El Paso County residents, median household income is about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 245 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 114,356.
Liberty High School is the public school closest to Ranch Creek Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ranch Creek Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ranch Creek Elementary had 531 students in 2020-21 and 578 in 2024-25, a 9% gain.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Ranch Creek Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Liberty High School0.7 mi · 1,526
- Timberview Middle School0.8 mi · 837
- Chinook Trail Middle School0.8 mi · 1,075
- Chinook Trail Elementary School0.9 mi · 632
- Legacy Peak Elementary School1.0 mi · 652
- Village Middle School1.0 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Ranch Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Ranch Creek Elementary?
Ranch Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ranch Creek Elementary serve?
Ranch Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ranch Creek Elementary have?
Ranch Creek Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Ranch Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Ranch Creek Elementary are roughly 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Ranch Creek Elementary in?
Ranch Creek Elementary is part of Academy District 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.