Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWIS-PALMER SCHOOL DISTRICT 38·NCES 080582001489
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School
4285 WALKER RD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80908 · (719) 488-4740 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
49 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School→Lewis-Palmer Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lewis-Palmer School District 38. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.4% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 62.5% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Ray E Kilmer Elementary School
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray E Kilmer Elementary School this school | 300 | 16.3% | 65.8% |
| Creativity Challenge Community DENVER | 306 | 14.4% | 71.6% |
| Eagle County Charter Academy EDWARDS | 360 | 13.6% | 55.2% |
| Douglass Elementary School BOULDER | 313 | 14.1% | 66.5% |
| St. Vrain Community Montessori School LONGMONT | 260 | 15.4% | N/A |
| Brush Creek Elementary School EAGLE | 341 | 15.0% | 56.3% |
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 Ray E Kilmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #90 of 931 | #5 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #89 of 940 ▲ 13 | #5 of 126 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #123 of 946 ▼ 19 | #11 of 127 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #717 of 1,056 | #89 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #121 of 896 | #22 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #723 of 896 | #116 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #879 of 983 | #124 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #238 of 664 | #49 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
300
-38 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 300 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 16% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 22.1 | 14.7:1 | 17% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26.5 | 12.7:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 22.1 | 17.3:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 19 | 20.3:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ray E Kilmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (384 to 300); teachers up 4% (22.1 to 23).
About Ray E Kilmer Elementary School
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. There are 300 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 21% below that mark.
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School is one school in a 10-school district, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, which enrolls 6,332 students.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at Ray E Kilmer Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Ray E Kilmer Elementary School, there are about 13.0 students; the school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 16%. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ray E Kilmer Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 88% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.8%) and its predicted rate (56.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
The school is in El Paso County, where the median household earns about $90,363 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across El Paso County, 245 public schools serve about 114,356 students.
Measured in a straight line, Monument Charter Academy Secondary School is about 1.1 miles from Ray E Kilmer Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Ray E Kilmer Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 300 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 338. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 13.0:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Ray E Kilmer Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Lewis-Palmer School District 38
- Lewis-Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,144 students
- Palmer Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,066 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Lewis-Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Monument Charter AcademyElementary · 612 students
- Monument Charter Academy Secondary SchoolHigh · 541 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
- Monument Charter Academy Secondary School1.1 mi · 541
- Prairie Winds Elementary School3.2 mi · 374
- Edith Wolford Elementary School4.9 mi · 372
- Antelope Trails Elementary School4.9 mi · 311
- Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School4.9 mi · 547
- Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School4.9 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Ray E Kilmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ray E Kilmer Elementary School?
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ray E Kilmer Elementary School serve?
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ray E Kilmer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ray E Kilmer Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ray E Kilmer Elementary School?
At Ray E Kilmer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Ray E Kilmer Elementary School?
Ray E Kilmer Elementary School is overseen by Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.