Sand Creek High School

Sand Creek High School is a secondary school of sprawling scale in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by El Paso County Colorado School District 49, instructing 1,426 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 127% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Across the 31 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49 (25,689 students total), Sand Creek High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sand Creek High School logs that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Sand Creek High School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sand Creek High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.0%; this one comes in at 18.1%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Sand Creek High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Remington Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sand Creek High School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sand Creek High School has rose 18%, going from 1,205 students in 2018 to 1,426 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 27% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.