Sand Creek International School

Sand Creek International School is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, enrolling 595 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Sand Creek International School is one of 28 schools operated by Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, a district that works with 11,938 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sand Creek International School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 16% White, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sand Creek International School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Sand Creek International School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wildflower Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sand Creek International School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 16.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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