Scott Elementary School

Scott Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, with 458 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 22,293 students. Scott Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Scott Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Scott Elementary School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Scott Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.0%; Scott Elementary School posts 53.1%, +13.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Scott Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Jenkins Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scott Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scott Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 599 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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