Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001081
Rye Elementary School
8120 HIGHWAY 165 WEST, RYE, CO 81069 · (719) 489-2272 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest 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
18.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
170 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 22 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
46.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 34.9% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Rye Elementary School
Rye Elementary School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Elementary School this school | 319 | 53.3% | 41.2% |
| Akron Elementary School AKRON | 301 | 53.5% | 28.4% |
| Canon Exploratory School CANON CITY | 316 | 53.2% | 42.3% |
| Cache La Poudre Elementary School LAPORTE | 281 | 49.8% | 39.1% |
| Mesa View Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 375 | 55.2% | 46.5% |
| Penrose Elementary School PENROSE | 281 | 52.0% | 23.5% |
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 Rye Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #418 of 931 | #7 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #394 of 940 ▲ 62 | #6 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #416 of 946 ▲ 11 | #6 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #652 of 1,056 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #822 of 896 | #30 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #613 of 896 | #24 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #440 of 983 | #27 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #504 of 664 | #24 of 26 |
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
319
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 17.5 | 18.1:1 | 52% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 18.3 | 17.2:1 | 50% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 47% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 53% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 47% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 45% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 17 | 20.4:1 | 24% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 12 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rye Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (349 to 319); teachers down 11% (19 to 17).
About Rye Elementary School
Rye Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Colorado, with an address in RYE. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 319 students in 2024-25.
Rye Elementary School reports to Pueblo County School District 70, which has 27 schools and 10,563 students.
The largest group at Rye Elementary School is White students, at 73%. Other students are 20% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Pueblo County residents are about 72% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rye Elementary School scores 43%.
Its ratio of 18.8:1 is based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pueblo County is 66%.
Rye Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rye Elementary School's results are 6.8 points above predicted: 41.2% against 34.4%.
For Pueblo County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,010 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pueblo County number 66, with about 32,254 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Rye Elementary School from the closest public school, Rye High School. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.0%; Rye Elementary School's is 41.2%, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose 9% over 4 years, reaching 319 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.3:1 in 2020-21, and 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
The Rye Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pueblo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,356
Census ACS
Median income
$64,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
32,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pueblo County School District 70
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other Rye Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rye Elementary. Rye Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Rye Elementary SchoolRye, NH · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Rye High School0.2 mi · 250
- Craver Middle School6.1 mi · 158
- Beulah Middle School10.7 mi · 48
- Beulah Elementary School10.7 mi · 88
- Gardner Valley School16.2 mi · 82
- Walsenburg Jr. Sr. High School21.6 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Rye Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rye Elementary School?
Rye Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rye Elementary School serve?
Rye Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rye Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rye Elementary School is approximately 18.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rye Elementary School?
At Rye Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Rye Elementary School public or private?
Rye Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pueblo County School District 70.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.